Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAMany 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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The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
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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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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
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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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As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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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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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
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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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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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