If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThrough 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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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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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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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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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
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Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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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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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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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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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 greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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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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