Stillness is the altar of spirit.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAMany 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.
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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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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
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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.
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You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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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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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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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.
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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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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.
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When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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