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I don’t want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

Alone Happiness Heart Oneself Satisfaction
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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Existence Ocean Philosophy Thinking Wave
A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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Flow Goodness Life Philosophy Simplicity
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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Close Darkness Gate God Kingdom Peace Yourself
The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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Blessing Easy Flow Humble Life Pride Rain Valley
As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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Broken God Message Mindset Prayer Yourself
Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
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Control Delay Habit Life Mental Success Yourself
Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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One Liner Spirit Yourself
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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Experience Material Proper Thinking Visualization Yourself
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.
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Activity Carry Freedom Mindset Refuse Resolution Strength
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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Adventure Desire Fight Form Ideas Soul Yourself
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
In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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Control Forever Freedom Inspirational Power
When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Freedom Heart Mindset Purity Strong Yourself
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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Consciousness Ideas Philosophy Realization Spiritual Truth
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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Acceptance Change Effort Inspirational Thinking