If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAPeople are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
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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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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
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When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.
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Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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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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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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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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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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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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