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The greatest misfortune that can come to a human being is to lose his inner peace. No outer force can rob him of it. It is his own thoughts, his own actions, that rob him of it.

Sri Chinmoy

The inner light actually comes from the soul; it is already inside us. The moment we can have free access to our soul, we will see that this light is coming to the fore to permeate our whole outer existence.
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Existence Light Moments Ourselves Soul
Just one smile Immensely increases the beauty Of the universe.
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Beautiful Oneself Power Smile Universe
Listen to the inner light; It will guide you. Listen to the inner Peace; It will feed you. Listen to the inner Love; It will transform you, It will divinise you, It will immortalise you.
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Divine Guide Immortal Light Listening Transformation Yourself
Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.
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Beginning Failure Learning Lesson Powerful Teaching
I compete only with myself, and I try to become a better human being. This is my goal.
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Better Competition Goal Human Myself Try
If you do the right thing, eventually you will inspire others to do the right thing.
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Inspirational Right Yourself
Peace begins When expectation ends.
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Beginning End Expectation Peace
Not the power to conquer others but the power to become one with others is the ultimate power.
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Connection Oneself Power Spiritual
My heart’s gratitude Is My life’s plenitude.
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Gratitude Heart Life Myself
The atom has taught me that the little things do count – most.
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Count Myself Science Teaching Value Worth
Not by blaming the world, not by shunning the world, but only be loving the world can I have peace of mind.
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Blame Love Mindset Myself Peace World
True inner joy is self-created It does not rely on any outer circumstances A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy. This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.
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Carry Creation Divine Flow Joy Life Message Purpose River True
There is no greater miracle than our conscious efforts to become good human beings.
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Effort Goodness Greatness Human Miracle
Gratitude is pure happiness. Happiness is sure perfection.
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Gratitude Happiness Perfection Purity
Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
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Feeling Happiness Purity Run Sincere Thinking Yourself
Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.
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Destination Help Problem Progress Ultimate Yourself
Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. Knowledge is a friend, even to its hater. Ignorance hates knowledge because it is too pure. Knowledge fears ignorance because it is too sure.
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Enemy Fear Friendship Hate Ignorance Knowledge
By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself.
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Hate Lost Person Sweet Yourself
Your mind has a flood of questions. There is but one teacher Who can answer them. Who is that teacher? Your silence-loving heart.
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Heart Love Mindset Question Silence Teacher Yourself
Meditation is the language of God. If we want to know what God’s Will is in our life, if we want God to guide us, mould us and fulfil Himself in and through us, then meditation is the language that we must use.
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God Language Life Meditation See
You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.
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Disguise Hate Love Yourself
Fear is bound to disappear when you realize that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive, or painful, but something natural.
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Damage Destruction Disappear Failure Fear Natural Pain Shame Wisdom
If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.
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Call Children God
Wrong thoughts are inside us just because we identify ourselves with these thoughts. If we identify with something else, immediately they have to leave us.
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Identify Leaving Ourselves Thinking Wrong
It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom.
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Freedom Peace Spiritual
Meditation does not mean just sitting quietly for five or ten minutes. It requires conscious effort. The mind has to be made calm and quiet; at the same time, it has to be vigilant so as not to allow any distracting thoughts or desires to enter.
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Conscious Desire Distraction Effort Meditation Quiet Thinking Time
Be kind, be all sympathy, for each and every human being is forced to fight against himself.
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Fight Force Himself Human Kind Sympathy

The greatest misfortune that can come to a human being is to lose his inner peace. No outer force can rob him of it. It is his own thoughts, his own actions, that rob him of it.

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The greatest misfortune that can come to a human being is to lose his inner peace. No outer force can rob him of it. It is his own thoughts, his own actions, that rob him of it.

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