Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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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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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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The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
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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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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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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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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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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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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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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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As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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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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