13 May

Peace means satisfaction.
Alas, this world has everything
Save and except
Peace.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

12 May

When we pray and meditate,
We come to realise
That there is only one thing we need:
Peace.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

11 May

To see ourselves as God sees us
Shall forever remain
An impossible task.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

10 May

As millions of stars
Sing and dance together
In harmony,
Even so, our body,
Vital, mind and heart
Must sing and dance
In harmony.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

9 May

It matters not
How much we know
About God.
It matters only
How much we have given
To God.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

8 May

Go beyond the domain
Of the mind.
You will be able to shine
In the galaxy
Of happiness-stars.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

7 May

Difficult, but not impossible,
To dethrone
The proud ego-king-mind.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

6 May

The silence of meditation
Is
The expansion of a happiness
And fulness-heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999

5 May

There is no mind-hurricane
That cannot be silenced
By our heart’s
Soul-oneness-power.

1 May

Fear is a limping thought.
Doubt is a blinding thought.
Courage is a galloping thought.
Faith is an illumining thought.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 8, Agni Press, 1981

10 June

We can fulfil our destiny
Only by serving
And loving humanity.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 12, Agni Press, 1999

9 June

The power of humility
Has the capacity to simplify
The mind’s complicated ego-life.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 2, Agni Press, 1998

7 June

God can heal any suffering.
God can present Himself
In any uninspiring situation.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 25, Agni Press, 2002

6 June

Self-giving
Is
Its own reward.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 25, Agni Press, 2002

5 June

“The tree of life teaches us how to search desperately for true love, divine love and immortal love.”

Sri Chinmoy, Tree of life, Jharna-Kala Card Co., 1997

4 June

“If failure has the strength to turn your life into bitterness itself, then patience has the strength to turn your life into the sweetest joy. Do not surrender to fate after a single failure. Failure, at most, precedes success.”

Sri Chinmoy, Songs of the Soul, Agni Press, 1971

2 June

We must climb
Our life’s perfection-stairway
Slowly, steadily and unerringly.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22, Agni Press, 2001

1 June

Holiness
Is good.
Selflessness
Is infinitely better.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22, Agni Press, 2001

30 May

Self-offering
Is an unparalleled opportunity
To claim all as one’s very own.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22, Agni Press, 2001

29 May

We are searching everywhere
For peace,
Which is already
Deep within us.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22

28 May

Do you not think
That you lose so much
Of your precious time
By thinking and thinking
And thinking of others?

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22, Agni Press, 2001

27 May

Unlike the ordinary life,
In the spiritual life
Every moment counts;
Every moment is extremely valuable.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22, Agni Press, 2001