Do not take life’s experiences too seriously. For in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDALive quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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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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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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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 rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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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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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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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.
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Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
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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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When the mind is strong and the heart is pure, you are free.
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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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As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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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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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
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Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
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Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
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I don’t want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
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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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