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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

If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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God Happiness Possession Yourself
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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Along Calm Command Easy Serene Yourself
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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Appearance Benefit Direction Place Stage
Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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Forget Life Play Role Yourself
You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.
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Creativity Life Ordinary Principle Run Way Work Yourself
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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Alone Happiness Heart Oneself Satisfaction
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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Book People Reading Realization Thinking Yourself
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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Despicable Greatness Happiness Kindness
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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Greatness Influence Love See Willing Yourself
As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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Assumption Condensation Form Material Thinking Water
Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
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Care Consciousness Influence Mindset Strong Willing Yourself
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Human Lying Material Poverty Spiritual Suffering
Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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Impossible Inspirational Limitation Thinking Yourself
Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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Greatness One Liner Price
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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Experience Material Proper Thinking Visualization Yourself
Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
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Forgiveness Love Myself Offend Thirsty