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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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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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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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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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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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As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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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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If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun.
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The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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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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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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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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Be 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.
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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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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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Your 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.
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A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.
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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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