No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIs a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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The soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
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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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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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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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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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People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
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Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.
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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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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.
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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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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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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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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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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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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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