If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe 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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If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.
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Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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Beginning with the early dawn of each day, I will radiate joy to everyone I meet. I will be mental sunshine for all who cross my path. Before the unfailing light of my cheer, darkness will take flight.
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Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.
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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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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
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Be 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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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm-that is true happiness.
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Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
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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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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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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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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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Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization.
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