Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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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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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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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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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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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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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Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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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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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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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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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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Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm-that is true happiness.
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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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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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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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Beginning with the early dawn of each day, I will radiate joy to everyone I meet. I will be mental sunshine for all who cross my path. Before the unfailing light of my cheer, darkness will take flight.
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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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Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
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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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I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
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Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
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