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“The greatness is not what we do, but, unavoidably it is always in how we do what we do. Our present work may be great or small, Yet, the important is to do it well.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“Adversity, on the contrary, sobers him and reminds him of God and his Glory.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“When the time of judgement comes, we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“But the boy who left the hall was not the boy who had gone in some ten minutes before. After my college days, my political work, and after my years of stay at Uttarkashi at the feet of my master, Tapovanam I knew that what I gained on the Ganges banks was that which had been given to me years before by the saint of Tiruvannamalai on that hot summer day – by a mere look”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quoted in "Forever is in the Now: The Timeless Message of Sri Ramana Maharshi", p. 192

“Sandalwood perfumes even the axe that hurls it down! The more we rub sandalwood against a stone, the more its fragrance spreads. Burn it, and it wafts its glory through the entire neighbourhood. Such is the enchanting beauty of forgiveness in life.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“History is full of instances, wherein, victory would have been to the vanquished, if only they had battled a little longer! We often fail for lack of perseverance in our efforts. We leave our work half done in our impatience. Every job demands its quota of efforts. Never give up too soon.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“Man is the roof and crown of creation. He may be tossed about by uncertain storms of life, but the solution to it lies in his own efforts in finding an ideal, and then raising his personality, from the level of petty emotions, to the loftier heights of the chosen ideal.”

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Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“It is sure to be dark if you close your eyes.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“The cultured give happiness wherever they go. The uncultured whenever they go.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“Alert and vigilant living itself is a `Sadhana' in the true sense.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“Faults become thick when love is thin.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“A Conquest, without facing dangers is as dull as Victory without a shining glory. A game without a prize!”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“Brood less, smile more and serve all.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“What you have is all His Gift to you. What you do with what you have is your Gift to Him …”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
Variant: What you have is His gift to you; what you do with what you have is your gift to Him.

“Grace is only to be found by effort, although it is here and now.”

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Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“At the Ashram I was told that the Maharshi was in the hall and anybody was free to walk in and see him. As I entered, I saw on the couch an elderly man, wearing but a loincloth, reclining against a round bolster. I sat down at the very foot of the couch. The Maharshi suddenly opened his eyes and looked straight into mine: I looked into his. A mere look, that was all. I felt that the Maharshi was, in that split moment, looking deep into me – and I was sure that he saw all my shallowness, confusions, faithlessness, imperfections, and fears. I cannot explain what happened in that one split moment. I felt opened, cleaned, healed, and emptied! A whirl of confusions: my atheism dropping away, but scepticism flooding in to question, wonder, and search. My reason gave me strength and I said to myself, ‘It is all mesmerism, my own foolishness.’ Thus assuring myself, I got up and walked away.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quoted in Forever is in the Now: The Timeless Message of Sri Ramana Maharshi http://books.google.co.in/books?id=K1YqAAAAYAAJ, p. 192

“To listen is not merely to hear. We in life, hear but very rarely do we know how to listen. To Listen is to hear, with an intellectual alertness and attention of awareness.”

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Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“Live morality before you talk of it. Practise meditation before you preach it. Taste goodness before you recommend it. Gain bliss before you offer it to others.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

In Conscious Living http://books.google.co.in/books?id=cUPoxT6C-DYC&pg=PA85, p. 85 <br class="br">Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago <br class="br">Variant: Live morality before you talk to him. Practicing meditation before you preach. Goodness taste before you recommend. Gain bliss before you offer to others.