Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIf 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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When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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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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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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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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If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
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Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role.
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A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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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The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
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