Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThere is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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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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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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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.
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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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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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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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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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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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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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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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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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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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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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