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When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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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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One may have many teachers, but only one guru, who remains as one's guru even in many different lives, until the disciple reaches the final goal of emancipation in God. You must remember this, once that relationship is formed.
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The greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun.
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In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
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Ever-new Joy is God. He is inexhaustible as you continue your meditations during the years, He will beguile you with an infinite ingenuity. Devotees like yourself who have found the way to God never dream of exchanging Him for any other happiness He is seductive beyond thought of competition.
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By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God.
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Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.
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One cannot tell when he is going to be healed, so do not try to set an exact time limit. Faith, not time, will determine when the cure will be effected.
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Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
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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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We are all part of the One Spirit. When you experience the true meaning of religion, which is to know God, you will realize that He is your Self, and that He exists equally and impartially in all beings.
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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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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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Smiling away your troubles requires a clear conscience that harbors no insincerity.
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Discerning placement of a comma does not atone for a spiritual coma.
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Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it to create only good. If you cling to a certain thought with dynamic will power, it finally assumes a tangible outward form. When you are able to employ your will always for constructive purposes, you become the controller of your destiny.
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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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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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