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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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Close Darkness Gate God Kingdom Peace Yourself
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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Eyes Heart Myself Rich Smile Soul
Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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Generosity Gift Heart Love Philosophy
The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
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Alone Happiness Heart Oneself Satisfaction
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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Alone Change Responsibility Thinking Yourself
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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Establishment Goodness Heart Love Yourself
If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
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Beautiful Evil Goodness Quality Thinking Yourself
People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
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Escape Face Himself People Run
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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Beginning Divine God Greatness Guide Romance Sudden Talk
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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Kind Life Man Material Security Simplicity Time Yourself
The soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
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Adventure Desire Fight Form Ideas Soul Yourself
When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Freedom Heart Mindset Purity Strong Yourself
The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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Blessing Easy Flow Humble Life Pride Rain Valley
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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Greatness Influence Love See Willing Yourself
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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Control Delay Habit Life Mental Success Yourself
Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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Kindness Learning Secret Yourself
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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Care Consciousness Influence Mindset Strong Willing Yourself
Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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Beautiful Enjoyment Perception Person
Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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God Meditation Reading Thinking Time
The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God’s love.
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Deal Development Diamond Light Love Reflection Shine Sun Yourself
A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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Give Up Religious Sin Transformation
If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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God Happiness Possession Yourself
Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
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Forgiveness Love Myself Offend Thirsty
Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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Best Force Natural Relax Way
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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Battle Circumstance Conqueror Hero Life Smile
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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Best Failure Season Seed Success Time
You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
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Creation Hide Reach Struggle Yourself