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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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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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Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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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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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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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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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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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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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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