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Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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Experience Forget Life Play Reality Role Serious Yourself
Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
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Enough Hide Obstacle Power Strength Temptation
In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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Attachment Children Joy Life Spiritual
The greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun.
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Beginning Divine God Greatness Guide Romance Sudden Talk
Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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Generosity Gift Heart Love Philosophy
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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Battle Circumstance Conqueror Hero Life Smile
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
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Activity Carry Freedom Mindset Refuse Resolution Strength
The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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Greatness Infinity Romance
The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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Energy Flow Greatness Willing Yourself
Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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Experience Material Proper Thinking Visualization Yourself
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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Assumption Condensation Form Material Thinking Water
Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
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Honesty Hypocrisy Peace World Yourself
Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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Beautiful Care Future Live Moments Quiet Yourself
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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Feeling Happiness Hard Time Inspirational Sad World Yourself
As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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Broken God Message Mindset Prayer Yourself
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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Active Battle Kill Life Person Training Warrior Yourself