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Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God... break the barriers of your ego, shed selfishness, free yourself from the consciousness of the body, forget yourself, do away with this prison house of incarnations, melt your heart in all, be one with creation.
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Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.
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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.
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When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.
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You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find.
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Absolute, unquestioning faith in God is the greatest method of instantaneous healing. An unceasing effort to arouse that faith is man's highest and most rewarding duty.
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Keep puffing on the bubble until it breaks its confining walls and becomes the sea of joy.
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Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.
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Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.
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The Divine has loved me as mother, as father, and as friend, behind all friends. I searched for that one Friend behind all friends, that one lover whom I now see glimmering in all your faces. And that friend never fails me.
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A wish is a desire without energy
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Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
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The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but not need may lead you aside from that purpose. It is only by making everything serve your main objective that success is attained.
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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world
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Truth is exact correspondence with reality.
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