The Goal can disappear
From the mind’s sight
But not
From the heart’s vision.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 27, Agni Press, 2002

Since life is but a continuous
Series of experiences,
Everything ultimately helps me
Towards my final enlightenment.

– Sri Chinmoy Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 41, 1982

There is a joy
That powerfully thinks of me
Infinitely more
Than I think of myself.

There is a peace
That fruitfully lives for me
Infinitely more
Than I can live for myself.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 17, Agni Press, 1981

Allow failure to teach you
A supreme lesson:
Each sunset is the beginning
Of a very, very bright
And powerful sunrise.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 7, Agni Press, 1983

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 7, Agni Press, 1983

My heart needs only one thing.
It needs to be guided
Along the age-old path
Of life-blossoming self-awareness.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 7, Agni Press, 1983

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 4, Agni Press, 1998

I live in between
My heart’s compassion-rain
And my life’s oneness-gain.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 4, Agni Press, 1998

There can be
No abiding satisfaction
Without self-discipline.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 12, Agni Press, 1999