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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAI relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence… To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.
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When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.
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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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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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If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
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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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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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As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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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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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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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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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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