Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAMeet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.
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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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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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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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Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
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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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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
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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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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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I don’t want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
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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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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
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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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If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
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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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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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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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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.
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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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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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