Sri Chinmoy Quotes

Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.

Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.

Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content.

Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.

Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself. A martyr at the stake may have happiness that a king on his throne might envy. Man is the creator of his own happiness. It is the aroma of life, lived in harmony with high ideals. For what a man has he may be dependent upon others; what he is rests with him alone.

It was that impossible thing: happiness that does not wilt to reveal the thin shoots of some new desire rising from within it.

People can be happy while they are going through great pain and adversity. There's no pleasure evident in their external lives yet they are content on the inside. And conversely, tons of people are surrounded by pleasure (fast cars, nice homes, great clothes) but there is no joy within. So choose to be happy.

you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.

That's what life is for, to find that joy in yourself.

Go for the sense of inner joy and peace then all outside things appear.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

I'm real excited. I'm so blessed to have so much peace and joy inside. I just can't keep quiet about it.

If you serve others as fully as you can, what you do will be a source of inner joy.

Self-nurturance, or learning to bask in bliss, is an acquired art form.

When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.

It is not possible to sin enough to be happy. It isn't possible to buy enough to be happy, or to entertain or indulge or pamper ourselves enough to be happy. It is not possible to hide enough or run far enough away from trials and troubles to be happy. Happiness and joy come only when we are living up to who we are... I have never met anyone who was happier because he was immoral, or because he was addicted to something, or because he was dishonest and compromised his integrity.

I've been blessed, I think, to have tremendous joy in my life in pursuing my vocation, my calling.

You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you... happiness is your natural state.

The purpose of your life is Joy.

To be able to celebrate life is religion. In that very celebration you come close to God. If one is able to celebrate, God is not far away; if one is not able to celebrate life, then God does not exist for him. God appears only in deep celebration, when you are so full of joy that all misery has left you, all darkness has left you.

Know that success and inner peace are your birthright, that you are a child of God and as such that you're entitled to a life filled with joy, love and happiness.

On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.