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Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.

Paramahansa Yogananda

A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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Give Up Religious Sin Transformation
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Human Lying Material Poverty Spiritual Suffering
When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Freedom Heart Mindset Purity Strong Yourself
Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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Day Determination Future Yourself
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
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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Challenge Happiness Reality Spirit Stand Success True Yourself
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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Attraction Heart Live Thinking True Yourself
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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Break Power Purpose Weakness Willing World Yourself
Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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Depend Infinity Production Seek Source Yourself
In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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Goodness Love State Yourself
When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Along Company Learning People Yourself
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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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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Control Forever Freedom Inspirational Power
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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Experience Forget Life Play Reality Role Serious Yourself
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
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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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