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.
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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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.
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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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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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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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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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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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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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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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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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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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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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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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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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