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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
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.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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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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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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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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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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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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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Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you – to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity.
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The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.
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If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
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