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Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

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
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
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Born Ignorance Mindset Rise Temptation Yourself
Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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Bridge Invisible Man Visible World
The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
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Achievement Measurement Reality Spirituality Tranquility
Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
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Conquer Thinking Willing World Yourself
Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
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Death Ignorance Knowledge Pain Sorrow
The inward battle–against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past–is more terrible than outward battle.
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Battle Mindset Past Residue
To make the mind obey you is a spiritual discipline.
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Discipline Mindset Obedience Spirituality
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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Children Forget Hate Heart Injury
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
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Control Mindset Pain Responsibility Yoga
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
Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
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Growth Path Spiritual Tolerance
Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
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Artificial Civilization Complication Harm Modern Oneself
Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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Character Degree Man Need Wisdom
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
The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.
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