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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.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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Close Darkness Gate God Kingdom Peace Yourself
Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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Happiness Learning Yourself
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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Appearance Benefit Direction Place Stage
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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Creation Hide Reach Struggle Yourself
The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.
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Greatness Love Meditation Soul Spirit Yourself
Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
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Enough Hide Obstacle Power Strength Temptation
If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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God Happiness Possession Yourself
Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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Eyes Heart Myself Rich Smile Soul
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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Existence Ocean Philosophy Thinking Wave
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
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
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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Faith Fear God Himself Justice Love Man Mercy Presence Protection Wisdom
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
Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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Greatness One Liner Price
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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Active Battle Kill Life Person Training Warrior Yourself
As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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Broken God Message Mindset Prayer Yourself