Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhen 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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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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Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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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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You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.
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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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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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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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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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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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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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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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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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You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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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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Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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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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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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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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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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