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 YOGANANDAIt 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 YOGANANDAEvery tomorrow is determined by every today.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDABefore embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDABe careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAA saint is a sinner who never gave up.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAYour 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 YOGANANDAChange yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDASo 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDANo one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDADo 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 YOGANANDAUntrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.
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