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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAI am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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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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The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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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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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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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 good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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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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The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
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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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