Truth is not afraid of questions.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDATruths 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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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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The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God’s love.
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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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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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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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In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
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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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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power, until you can stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds.
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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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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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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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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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