Appendix: these quotes, from other writings of Sri Chinmoy, were included in the first editions.
"I do not compete with the world. I compete with my ignorance.
  I do not compare myself with the world. I compare myself with my soul’s perfection.
  I do not co-operate with the world’s stupidity. I co-operate with my heart’s purest sincerity."
  I do not compare myself with the world. I compare myself with my soul’s perfection.
  I do not co-operate with the world’s stupidity. I co-operate with my heart’s purest sincerity."
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"Three hundred sixty-five opportunities to realise the Supreme, to reveal the Supreme and to fulfil the Supreme."
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"NO speaks through my mind: If there is a God, then how is it that I have never seen Him? No God."
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"When Peace is multiplied, Truth is multiplied.
  When Truth is multiplied, Love is multiplied.
  When Love is multiplied, God is multiplied."
  When Truth is multiplied, Love is multiplied.
  When Love is multiplied, God is multiplied."
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"What I can do. Although I am feebler than an insect, I dare to criticise God the Omnipotent.
  What I can do. Although I am His child of love, I dare to forget and ignore Him.
  What I cannot do. Although I am a man, I fail to live a true human life.
  What I cannot do. Although I assert my own existence on earth, I do not know who I am and what I am here for."
  What I can do. Although I am His child of love, I dare to forget and ignore Him.
  What I cannot do. Although I am a man, I fail to live a true human life.
  What I cannot do. Although I assert my own existence on earth, I do not know who I am and what I am here for."
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"I tell the truth. The world is hurt.
  I tell a lie. God is hurt.
  What am I to do?
  Silence. I must live in silence and become the smiling breath of silence.
  Lo the world loves me, and God blesses me."
  I tell a lie. God is hurt.
  What am I to do?
  Silence. I must live in silence and become the smiling breath of silence.
  Lo the world loves me, and God blesses me."
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"What do I do?
  I let God think for me.
  What else do I do?
  I let God speak through me.
  What more can I do?
  I can let God make me as divine and perfect as He is."
  I let God think for me.
  What else do I do?
  I let God speak through me.
  What more can I do?
  I can let God make me as divine and perfect as He is."
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"Our desires expire when our attachments retire.
  Our aspirations die when our temptations dye our life-breath."
  Our aspirations die when our temptations dye our life-breath."
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"Where joy is wanting, love is wanting.
  Where love is wanting, everything is wanting.
  Where Truth is, Fulfilment is there.
  Where fulfilment is, God is there, there alone."
  Where love is wanting, everything is wanting.
  Where Truth is, Fulfilment is there.
  Where fulfilment is, God is there, there alone."
Sri Chinmoy, Flame-Waves, part 7, Agni Press, 1976