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 YOGANANDAMaking 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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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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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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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God’s love.
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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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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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The soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
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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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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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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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I 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.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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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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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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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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