He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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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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Do not take life’s experiences too seriously. For in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role.
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Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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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 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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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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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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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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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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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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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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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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It doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
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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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Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you – to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity.
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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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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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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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