Truth is not afraid of questions.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAYour 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.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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It doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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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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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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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
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Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
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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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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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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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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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