Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDALove cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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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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Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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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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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.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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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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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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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.
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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
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