Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDABe honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
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Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.
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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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Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.
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Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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Do not take life’s experiences too seriously. For in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role.
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As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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