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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIf you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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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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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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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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Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.
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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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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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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun.
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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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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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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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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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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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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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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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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence… To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.
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Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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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 circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
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