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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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Darkness Light Room Yourself
The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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Blessing Easy Flow Humble Life Pride Rain Valley
Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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Forget Life Play Role Yourself
The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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Greatness Infinity Romance
Is 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.
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Beauty Change Diamond Gemstone Himself Soul Value
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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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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Attraction Karma Respond Yourself
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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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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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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Alone Happiness Heart Oneself Satisfaction
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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Feeling Happiness Hard Time Inspirational Sad World Yourself
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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Beyond Control Domain Forget Live Past Present Wisdom Yourself
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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Consciousness Ideas Philosophy Realization Spiritual Truth
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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Forgiveness Love Myself Offend Thirsty
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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The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.
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