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 YOGANANDAThe 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.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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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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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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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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Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
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A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm-that is true happiness.
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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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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