Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDATruths 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.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.
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I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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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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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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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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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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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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Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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