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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.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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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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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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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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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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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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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite.
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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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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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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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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 saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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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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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 good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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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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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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When 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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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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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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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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