If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.
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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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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.
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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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Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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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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The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God’s love.
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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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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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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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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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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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