Chinmayananda Saraswati: Quotes about life

“The glory of life is not never falling. The true glory consists in rising each time we fall.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , Time

“Spiritual unfoldment cannot take place merely because of an intellectual appreciation of the theory of perfection. Evolution takes place only when a corresponding change in the subjective life is accomplished.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , Change , Perfection

“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

Life , Beauty , Forgiveness

“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.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , Effort , Personality

“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.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life

“Success or achievement is not the final goal. It is the 'spirit' in which you act that puts the seal of beauty upon your life.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , Beauty , Success

“The secret of success behind all men of achievement, lies in the faculty of applying their intellect in all their activities, without being mislead by any surging emotions or feelings. The secret of success in life lies in keeping the head above the storms of the heart.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , Men , Secret , Feeling

“To assume differences in the world, is to belie this great Oneness in life.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , World

“In life to handle yourself, use your head, but to handle others, use your heart.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Leadership , Life , Heart

“Charity is an attempt wherein I try to expand and bring into the ambit of my life, all others around me and grow to consider the other man's needs and requirements as important as my own personal needs. To live seeking an identity thus, with at least those who are immediately around me, is to live away from the suffocating selfishness and the throttling grip of my body-consciousness.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , Personality , Selfishness

“Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Love , Life , Hope , Passion

“Be strict and intelligently critical about yourself and your own weakness and follies. But, cushion your words and attitudes with Love. Love is the greatest persuasive power we know in life.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Love , Life , Intelligence

“In life, the glory lies not in the quarry, but in the chase.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life

“Stop all your attachments to false values. In an ever changing world, there is nothing worthwhile for us to desire or weep for. Joys and sorrows are bound come in human life; they are just like the two sides of the same coin.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

Life , World , Change , Joy