If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThose persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
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Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power, until you can stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds.
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Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
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The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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I don’t want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
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