We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDABefore embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
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When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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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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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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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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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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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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