The heart creates oneness,
And oneness is another name
For spontaneous joy.

Anything that helps us evolve
We must accept,
And be grateful.

From My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, a poetry series written by Sri Chinmoy on his end of year trips around the world.

Alas, world-peace-lovers
Are misunderstood
And even scorned
By ignorance-consumed humanity.

To strive for perfection
Is the only
Real satisfaction.

Make your decision:
What you want to get from life
Or what you want to give to life.
Do not allow yourself to be engulfed
In your mind’s indecision-mist.

Sri Chinmoy, from Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants

Peace reveals
The absolute excellence
Of human life.

May my hope-life
Never collapse.

Sri Chinmoy, from the series Seventy-Seven Thousand Service Trees

Inner awareness
Brings enthusiasm
And enthusiasm
Brings more inner awareness.

From Ten Thousand Flower Flames, by Sri Chinmoy

The mind chases happiness.
The heart creates happiness.
The soul is happiness
And it spreads happiness
All-where.

From Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees by Sri Chinmoy

Imagine the birth of a world of peace.
Imagine each individual is crying for world peace.
Imagine world peace is bearing beautiful flowers and delicious fruits.
Imagine the complete halt of world conflicts.
Imagine you have a special role to play in bringing about world peace.

5 Aphorisms from ‘Imagine’ by Sri Chinmoy (1999)