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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhen the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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.
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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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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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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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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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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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So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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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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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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