Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAI 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.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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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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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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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
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Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence… To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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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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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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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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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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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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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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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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