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.
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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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.
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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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The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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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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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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Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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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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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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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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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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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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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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