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.

> Three hundred sixty-five opportunities to realise the Supreme, to reveal the Supreme and to fulfil the Supreme.

> NO speaks through my mind: “If there is a God, then how is it that I have never seen Him? No God.”

> When Peace is multiplied, Truth is multiplied.

> When Truth is multiplied, Love is multiplied.

> When Love is multiplied, God is multiplied.

> 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.

> 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.

> 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.

> Our desires expire when our attachments retire.

> Our aspirations die when our temptations dye our life-breath.

> 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.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Flame-Waves, part 7, Agni Press, 1976
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