Among the fearless soldiers that fight for your victory in life, character has no equal. Sri Chinmoy More Quotes by Sri Chinmoy More Quotes From Sri Chinmoy I take exercise for each part of the body: arms, legs, back and whatever muscles are required to keep the body fit. I do at least 20 different exercises daily for my upper and lower body. Then I come here every morning to do calf raises and play tennis. If there is time in the afternoon, I play tennis again. At least three hours I spend on weightlifting and bodybuilding. Sri Chinmoy bodybuilding exercise morning The Goal can disappear From the mind's sight But not From the heart's vision. Sri Chinmoy goal sight heart To hope is to see with the eye of the heart. To hope is to make the heart captain the vital and the body. To hope is to send darkness-night into exile. Sri Chinmoy eye heart night Hope pulls the heart of tomorrow into the body of today. Sri Chinmoy body heart today When hope makes friends With patience, Hope will be able To live indefinitely. Sri Chinmoy able The satisfaction of life May not be ours, But the beauty of hope Is all ours. Sri Chinmoy satisfaction may Never give up hope! Hope ultimately succeeds. Sri Chinmoy never-give-up-hope succeed giving-up Hope is not an idle term. Hope is the reality that can and does reveal itself to us at God's choice hour. To hope is to know the secret of achievement. Sri Chinmoy achievement choices reality Hope is not mere wishful thinking. It is the precursor of a new dawn that slowly, steadily and unerringly comes to the fore and eventually grows into reality's existence. Sri Chinmoy dawn reality thinking Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence. Sri Chinmoy silence speak meditation Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and tranquil as possible. The outer mind is like the surface of the sea. On the surface, the sea is full of waves and surges; it is all restlessness. But when we dive deep below, the same sea is all peace, calmness and quiet, and there we find the source of creativity. Sri Chinmoy creativity sea mind What do we mean by the word 'wisdom'? Usually we mean something superior to knowledge, something deeper. In the spiritual world, the word 'wisdom' is not used in that way. Here wisdom means Light, illumining Light, transforming Light. That which illumines our unlit consciousness is wisdom. That which transforms the finite consciousness into the infinite Consciousness is called wisdom. Sri Chinmoy light spiritual mean A simple man will have only what he needs, and he will know the difference between what he needs and what he wants. We feel that whatever we want, we desperately need. But before we possess the world, to our wide surprise we see that the world has already possessed us. Sri Chinmoy differences simple men My mind's cries tell me that everything on earth is tragic. My heart's smiles tell me that everything on earth is magic. Sri Chinmoy magic mind heart Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success. Sri Chinmoy optimism self secret Sacrifice does not mean that, by giving, we lose something. We sacrifice our limited self to our highest and largest Self, and at that time we immediately become the largest and the highest Self. Sri Chinmoy sacrifice self mean There is a peace That fruitfully lives for me Infinitely more Than I can live for myself. Sri Chinmoy i-can I have opened up an account With God's Heart-Bank. Therefore, I see nowhere The battering waves of poverty-thoughts. Sri Chinmoy wave poverty heart I do not compete with anybody else; I compete only with myself. You saw my capacity a few minutes ago. Now I am competing with myself. When I do weightlifting, my body is my world. If I can improve myself, if I can go beyond my previous achievements, then that is my goal. My own previous record is always what I am competing with. Sri Chinmoy records achievement goal What I wish to show by these feats of strength is that prayer and meditation can definitely increase one's outer capacities. I hope that by doing this I will be able to inspire many people to pray and meditate sincerely as part of their regular daily routine. my message is that if one needs strength, then uncovering one's inner strength through prayer and meditation is the fastest and most effective way to get it. Sri Chinmoy meditation prayer people