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Paramahansa Yogananda

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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Establishment Goodness Heart Love 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
Whatever I do, I do with the greatest love that I have in me. Try this, and you will see that you do not become fatigued at all. Love is one of the greatest stimulants to the will. Under the influence of love the will can do almost anything.
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Greatness Influence Love See Willing Yourself
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
If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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Darkness Light Room Yourself
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
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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Attraction Distribution Happiness Smile Subject Universal
So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
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Anxiety Believe Capacity Heart Limitation Trust Yourself
Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
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Battle Circumstance Conqueror Hero Life Smile
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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Creativity Life Ordinary Principle Run Way Work 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
Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
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Creativity Guide Important Meditation Power Quiet Thinking Yourself
Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
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Attraction Karma Respond Yourself
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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Best Failure Season Seed Success Time
We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.
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Ability Development Habit Pattern Personality Start Thinking Yourself
If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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Bad Circumstance Yourself