Change your life by changing your thoughts.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
Paramahansa Yogananda on change
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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda 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.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa 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.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you – to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda 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.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda 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.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda 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.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda 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.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda 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.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda The greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda 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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