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 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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Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.
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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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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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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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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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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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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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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
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Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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