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 YOGANANDAIf you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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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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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
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The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.
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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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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.
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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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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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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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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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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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