Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDADo 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.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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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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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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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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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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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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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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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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Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.
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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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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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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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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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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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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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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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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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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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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
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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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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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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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Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
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