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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDARemain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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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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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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So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
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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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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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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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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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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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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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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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Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.
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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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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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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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When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
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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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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
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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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