The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIn that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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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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Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
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We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.
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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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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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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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So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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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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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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