If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDALearn to be calm and you will always be happy.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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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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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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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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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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Whatever I do, I do with the greatest love that I have in me. Try this, and you will see that you do not become fatigued at all. Love is one of the greatest stimulants to the will. Under the influence of love the will can do almost anything.
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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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If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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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.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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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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