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“Every day try to help uplift physically, mentally, or spiritually suffering people, as you would help yourself
or your family. If, instead of living in the misery-making selfish way, you live according to the laws of God, then, no matter what small part you may be playing on the stage of life, you will know that you have been playing your part correctly, as directed by the Stage Manager of all our destinies. Your part, however small, is just as important as the biggest parts in contributing to the success of the Drama of Souls on the Stage of Life. Make a little money and be satisfied with it by living a simple life and expressing your ideals, rather than make lots of money and have worries without end.”
― How To Be A Success: The Wisdom of Yogananda, Volume 4
or your family. If, instead of living in the misery-making selfish way, you live according to the laws of God, then, no matter what small part you may be playing on the stage of life, you will know that you have been playing your part correctly, as directed by the Stage Manager of all our destinies. Your part, however small, is just as important as the biggest parts in contributing to the success of the Drama of Souls on the Stage of Life. Make a little money and be satisfied with it by living a simple life and expressing your ideals, rather than make lots of money and have worries without end.”
― How To Be A Success: The Wisdom of Yogananda, Volume 4
“We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not,” said the witch, “or die of despair.”
― His Dark Materials
― His Dark Materials
“The power of one man’s imagination is infinite. The disinterest of the human race in facing the obvious, is exponentially far greater.”
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“The Romans gave them Roman names, and let them be; but the Christians refuse to believe in them, and their priests berate the poorer folk for clinging to the old ways—and no doubt for wasting offerings which would do better at some hermit’s cell than at some ancient holy place in the forest. But still the simple folk creep out to leave their offerings, and when these vanish by morning, who is to say that a god has not taken them? This,”
― The Hollow Hills
― The Hollow Hills
“You can't teach calculus to a chimpanzee. So just share your banana.”
― Blinders Keepers
― Blinders Keepers
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