Quote by Paramahansa Yogananda
The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and

The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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The man form is higher than the angel form of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first when you learn to live for others, they will live for you. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side. – Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

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Meditation applies the brakes to the mind. – Ramana Maharshi

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