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The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

Sivananda

Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.
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Action Horrible People Thinking Word Yourself
There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.
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Aspect Different Opinion Truth View
Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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Conquer Fight Terrible Yourself
Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’.
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Body Disease Health Intense Mindset Thinking
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
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Depression Failure Future Mistake Past Regret
Intuition transcends reason, but does not contradict it.
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Intuition Reason Transcendence
To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize.
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Meditation Purity Realize Serve
Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.
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Forget Future Hope Live Past Present
A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
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Energy Eyes Influence Person Smile Wisdom Yourself
Life is the unfolding of the latent capacities of the soul.
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Capacity Life Soul
A purified mind can grasp anything. It can dive deep into the subtlest subject and understand even transcendental things.
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Mindset Purity Subject Transcendence Understand
An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
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Practice Theory Worth
Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
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Culture Law Moral Regulation Value
Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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Bridge Invisible Man Visible World
Illness begins with I, Wellness begins with we.
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Beginning Ourselves Sick

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