Quotes by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda...... Here are some of the quotes written by our devoted Gurudev Chinmayananda (1916-1993)... 1. Live morality before you talk of it. 2. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. 3. Gain bliss before you offer it to others. 4. Happiness depends on what you can give, Not what you can get. 5. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness. 6. Faults become thick when love is thin.