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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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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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If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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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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The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
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The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power, until you can stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds.
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Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.
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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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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.
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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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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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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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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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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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Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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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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