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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIf you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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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 have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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The 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.
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Stillness is the altar of spirit.
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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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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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Whatever I do, I do with the greatest love that I have in me. Try this, and you will see that you do not become fatigued at all. Love is one of the greatest stimulants to the will. Under the influence of love the will can do almost anything.
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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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Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.
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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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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
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Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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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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It doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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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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Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence… To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.
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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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