A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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.
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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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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 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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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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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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Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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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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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.
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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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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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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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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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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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