If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAStillness is the altar of spirit.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
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It doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
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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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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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The soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.
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