Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAPeople 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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Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
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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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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
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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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Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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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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As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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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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A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
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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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Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
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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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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm-that is true happiness.
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Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.
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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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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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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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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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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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