The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power, until you can stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds.
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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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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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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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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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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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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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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Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Beginning with the early dawn of each day, I will radiate joy to everyone I meet. I will be mental sunshine for all who cross my path. Before the unfailing light of my cheer, darkness will take flight.
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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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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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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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