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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIf 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.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
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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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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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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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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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When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.
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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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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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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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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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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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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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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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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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