Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAPlay your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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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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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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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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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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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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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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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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Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.
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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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