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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe 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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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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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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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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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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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.
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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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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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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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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.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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