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 YOGANANDAWhatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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So 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.
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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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Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Untrained 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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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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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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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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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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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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