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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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
Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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Healing Peace Shine Silence Sun Wisdom Yourself
Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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Depend Infinity Production Seek Source Yourself
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
The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.
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Greatness Love Meditation Soul Spirit 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
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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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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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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Escape Face Himself People Run
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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Beautiful Experience Growth Purpose Strong Suffering Trial
Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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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.
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Alone Happiness Heart Oneself Satisfaction
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
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.
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Book People Reading Realization Thinking Yourself
When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Freedom Heart Mindset Purity Strong Yourself
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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Beauty Change Diamond Gemstone Himself Soul Value