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Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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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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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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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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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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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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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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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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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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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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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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The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God’s love.
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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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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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Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
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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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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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Do not take life’s experiences too seriously. For in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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