Goswami Kriyananda Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Intuition is the innate ability in everyone to perceive truth directly - not by reason, logic, or analysis, but by a simple knowing from within. That is the very meaning of the word "intuition": to know, or understand from within - from one's own self, and from the heart of whatever one is trying to understand. Intuition is the inner ability to see behind the outer forms of things to their inner essence.”
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“If anything or anyone distresses you, think how you'll feel a week - a month - a year later. If you can imagine yourself being happy and peaceful then, why waste all that time? Be happy and peaceful now.”
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“If you want to know me, listen to my music.”
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“Those who walk, run, or slide downhill eagerly would rather not think about the long, hard climb back up the hill again.”
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“The mastery of any subject requires that one identify himself with the particular state of consciousness appropriate to that subject.”
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“Society cannot but depend to a disproportionate degree on its capable few to develop and flourish.”
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“Maturity is the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one's own.”
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“The two-fold goal of all human striving is the avoidance of pain, and the fulfillment of happiness.”
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“Trust life, even if you cannot trust people. For human nature is unreliable, but life itself is ruled by immutable law. Right action leads always, in the end, to victory.”
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“As you begin this day, tell yourself, Today I am incarnated anew! I am released from the hypnosis of my old habits and mistakes! Everything that I have long dreamed of doing I will accomplish in this, my new life.”
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“The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.”
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“Joy is not dependent upon outward circumstances. Joy is something that we can have under all circumstances when we are sad or happy. Outward circumstances are always neutral. They seem to be happy or sad according to the happy or sad attitudes of the mind.”
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“To be happy, you must live in, but not for, the present moment.”
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“Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.”
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“If it (the good circumstances) changes will you be able to keep onto your happiness just as much? Because if not then your happiness is really built on sand.”
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“A deliberate attitude that you have to hold in your mind as one of the basic rules of yoga is to remain even-minded and cheerful..”
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“Happiness is like a plant: It must be watered daily with giving thoughts and actions.”
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“Laughter is a medicine you've got to use to drive away blues.”
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“Happiness is NOW! It isn't tomorrow. It isn't yesterday. Happiness is like a morning glory: Yesterday's won't bloom again; tomorrow's hasn't opened yet. Only today's flower can be enjoyed today. Be happy this very moment, and you'll learn how to be happy always.”
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“In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth.”
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“There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.”
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“Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self- importance.”
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“Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.”
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“Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.”
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“If you want to do one good thing in the world, the best thing you can do is give other people joy.”
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“The greatest thing that will please God is that you maintain an attitude of unshakable joy.”
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“Happiness is reverence for all life.”
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“The "kingdom of heaven" to which he referred was the state of God-consciousness, not the beautiful astral heavens that most people visualize, where virtuous souls go after death.”
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“See what is worth learning, and what is worth doing. Thus, you gain an understanding of what is vital, and what is not vital. You need to learn what is important and what is not important. You need to understand what will move you upwards and onwards, and what will hinder you from traveling the higher path.”
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