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The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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Attraction Karma Respond Yourself
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
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Despicable Greatness Happiness Kindness
When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Freedom Heart Mindset Purity Strong Yourself
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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Activity Carry Freedom Mindset Refuse Resolution Strength
So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
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Anxiety Believe Capacity Heart Limitation Trust Yourself
By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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Carry Heart Meditation Paradise Practice Yourself
When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Along Company Learning People Yourself
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Human Lying Material Poverty Spiritual Suffering
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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Beautiful Experience Growth Purpose Strong Suffering Trial
Do not take life’s experiences too seriously. For in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role.
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Experience Forget Life Play Reality Role Serious Yourself
The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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Greatness Infinity Romance
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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Beautiful Evil Goodness Quality Thinking Yourself
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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Deal Development Diamond Light Love Reflection Shine Sun Yourself
Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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Experience Material Proper Thinking Visualization Yourself
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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Break Power Purpose Weakness Willing World Yourself
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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Along Calm Command Easy Serene Yourself