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 YOGANANDAIn the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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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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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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The soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
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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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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.
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If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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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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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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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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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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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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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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