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Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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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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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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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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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence… To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.
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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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