Chinmoy Kumar Ghose Quotes

Either consciously or unconsciously we are searching for the highest Self, which is at once eternal and infinite.

A true spiritual seeker will have the deepest respect and utmost reverence for all religions. We can treasure all religions and claim them as our very own.

No religion is absolutely perfect. Yet not only do we fight for religion, but also are we often willing to sacrifice our lives for it. And what we hopelessly fail to do is to live it. A true religion is that which has no caste, no creed, no colour. It is but an all-uniting and all-pervading embrace.

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

Now what should be the relation between science and spirituality? It should be a relation of mutual acceptance and true understanding. It is an act of folly on our part to expect the same truth, the same knowledge and the same power from both science and spirituality. We must not do that. Neither must we set up the same goal for science and spirituality.

Some seekers will do anything for their Self-realisation — except work for it.

I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to perfect my imperfect nature.

The atom has taught me that the little things do count — most.

Instead of creating a reason why you cannot love the world, try to create a reason why you should and must love the world.

Anger has an enemy: Peace. Peace has no enemy. Peace has a special friend: Joy. Anger has only one friend: Destruction.

Not the power to conquer others but the power to become one with others is the ultimate power.

A single thought has the power of a bullet: either it can destroy you or it can help you immensely.

When the power of love replaces the love of power, man will have a new name: God.

What we need is a life of balance — neither to wallow in the pleasures of wealth nor to lead a life of asceticism, but to embrace a life of simplicity and a heart of purity.

Our human nature likes more to destroy than to build, more to cry than to smile, and more to correct the world than to love and embrace the world.