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Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

Beyond Control Domain Forget Live Past Present Wisdom Yourself
When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

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The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

Greatness Love Meditation Soul Spirit Yourself
Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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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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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm-that is true happiness.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

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You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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Truths 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.
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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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

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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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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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