My morning begins
By invoking, obeying and satisfying
God the Creator.
Sri Chinmoy, My morning begins, Agni Press, 1996
Category: daily quote
15 Jan
My morning begins
By washing, adorning and treasuring
God’s Forgiveness-Feet.
Sri Chinmoy, My morning begins, Agni Press, 1996
14 Jan
My morning begins
By energising my body,
Commanding my vital,
Directing my mind,
Feeding my heart
And serving my soul.
Sri Chinmoy, My morning begins, Agni Press, 1996
13 Jan
“My morning begins
With the thrill
Of my God-fulfilment-determination.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Dec 31
May the beauty of the New Year
Beautify my heart.
May the purity of the New Year
Purify my mind.
May the simplicity of the New Year
Simplify my vital.
May the intensity of the New Year
Intensify my body.
May the responsibility of the New Year
Glorify my life.
May only the divinity of the New Year
Fully satisfy me.
Beautify my heart.
May the purity of the New Year
Purify my mind.
May the simplicity of the New Year
Simplify my vital.
May the intensity of the New Year
Intensify my body.
May the responsibility of the New Year
Glorify my life.
May only the divinity of the New Year
Fully satisfy me.
Sri Chinmoy, My sweet Father-Lord, where are you?, Agni Press, 1999
Dec 30
You are not happy
And you will never be happy
Because you do not lose yourself
Enough to find yourself —
I mean your true self.
And you will never be happy
Because you do not lose yourself
Enough to find yourself —
I mean your true self.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 82, Agni Press, 1983
Dec 29
Whatever
Our aspiration gives us
Is infinitely generous
And eternally free.
Our aspiration gives us
Is infinitely generous
And eternally free.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 200, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 28
The friendship
That is founded upon self-giving
Even death cannot sever.
That is founded upon self-giving
Even death cannot sever.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 259, Agni Press, 1998
Dec 27
If you have a plethora of enthusiasm
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 261,
Throughout,
Then eventually you are bound to win
In your spiritual life.
Dec 26
God’s final Decision:
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 261, Agni Press, 1998
He will never end the world,
No matter how bad the world becomes.
Dec 25
The Christ told the Truth. The Truth existed before. The Christ became the Truth. Hence the Truth lives and breathes on earth.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970
Dec 24
Jesus was great.
Greater was His mercy.
Greatest was His sacrifice.
– Sri Chinmoy
Dec 23
Tolerance
Is a secret and sacred way
To enrich our human life.
– Sri Chinmoy
Dec 22
A vice does not remain a vice
When I am absolutely determined
To transform it into a virtue.
– Sri Chinmoy
Dec 21
What you need is
Determination-fire.
Uneasiness, unwillingness and unreadiness
Will all surrender
To the beauty and fragrance
Of determination.
Dec 20
What do we gain
By interfering?
We gain nothing.
We just become a victim
Of our own stupidity.
By interfering?
We gain nothing.
We just become a victim
Of our own stupidity.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 19
O humanity,
I do not want to be
Even one step above you.
I want to be
On the same footing,
Not only to make you happy
But also to make myself really happy.
I do not want to be
Even one step above you.
I want to be
On the same footing,
Not only to make you happy
But also to make myself really happy.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 18
Be wise!
You must overcome
All your difficulties,
Not try to escape from them,
For there is no such thing
As escape.
You must overcome
All your difficulties,
Not try to escape from them,
For there is no such thing
As escape.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 17
The outer world thinks
My little heart is useless.
But the inner world knows
My little heart is both
Priceless and measureless.
My little heart is useless.
But the inner world knows
My little heart is both
Priceless and measureless.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 201, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 16
Do not complain;
Do not complain.
Just train your mind
To look at the world
With a compassion-eye.
Do not complain.
Just train your mind
To look at the world
With a compassion-eye.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 201, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 15
Do not cherish only one dream.
Move from one dream to another.
Who knows which dream
Is going to be transformed
Into reality?
Move from one dream to another.
Who knows which dream
Is going to be transformed
Into reality?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 14
What can God’s Grace
Do for us?
It can do in a minute
What would take a lifetime
Otherwise.
Do for us?
It can do in a minute
What would take a lifetime
Otherwise.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 13
Although I stumble,
I shall not fail.
Even though I fail,
I shall not give up,
Never!
I shall not fail.
Even though I fail,
I shall not give up,
Never!
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 12
A life of faith is worth trying.
A life of love is worth living.
A life of God is worth becoming.
A life of love is worth living.
A life of God is worth becoming.
Sri Chinmoy, A soulful cry versus a fruitful smile, Agni Press, 1977
Dec 11
Life is worth living,
For in life abides
God’s Golden Dream.
For in life abides
God’s Golden Dream.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222, Agni Press, 1995
Dec 10
May my heart’s hope-sun
Never set.
Never set.
Dec 8
I am fully prepared
To be a total failure
As a human being
To please my Lord Supreme
In His own Way.
To be a total failure
As a human being
To please my Lord Supreme
In His own Way.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 7
O let my heart sow!
Let others’ lives reap!
Let others’ lives reap!
Sri Chinmoy, The caged bird and the uncaged bird, Agni Press, 1998
Dec 6
Not to see good in others
Is not only a serious
But also a dangerous
Defect.
Is not only a serious
But also a dangerous
Defect.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209, Agni Press, 1994
Dec 5
One life for each to give —
Therefore,
Each can smilingly choose
To give his own life to God.
Therefore,
Each can smilingly choose
To give his own life to God.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 205, Agni Press, 1994