Top 15 Chinmoy Kumar Ghose Quotes

Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007)

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Sri Chinmoy (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007) was a spiritual teacher, poet, humanitarian, musician and athlete. Born in Bengal, India, at age of 11 he moved to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram before moving to New York, in 1964.

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Native Name: শ্রী চিন্ময়

Alternative Names: Sri Chinmoy

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He was very pure in mind and heart. He was a lover: a lover not only of his race but a lover of all mankind. His heart was so broad, so great, so magnanimous, and this gave him a most sincere feeling of absolute oneness with everyone. This is what made him so divinely great.

America’s special strength lies not in frightening the weak and challenging the strong, but in strengthening the weak and illumining the strong.

Do not judge but love and be loved, if you want to be really happy.

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

World-peace can be achieved when the power of love replaces the love of power.

The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.

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

Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise.

Those who run after happiness will never be happy. Happiness is something that has to come to the fore from within.

To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life.

To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.

The human mind is utterly stupid when it carries, quite willingly, the heavy burden of resentment.

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

It is better to make mistakes than to lie idle.

Love is something that never cared to learn how to judge anybody.