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The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light.
Paramhansa Yogananda

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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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A cow and a mother should be waited upon.
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Fire and straw cannot agree.
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It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed
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I realised, in all humility, that choosing to lead one kind of life means putting aside the desire to pursue other options.
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Mode of completion, obstacles and profit should be measured well before venturing into an action.
Thirukkural
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Do not hate anyone, for hate only breeds more hate.
Guru Govind Singh
Mind is never a problem. Mindset is.
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Rabindranath Tagore
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In a great house even a dog is respected.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Request the people of my country to continue this kranti. People should continue to fight even if I am not there. 
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Gautam Buddha
In the past 1000 years whatever we assimilated-whether it was forced on us or we took with willingness-cannot be discarded now.
Pundit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
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A human being is like a seed. Either you can keep it as it is, or you can make it grow into a wonderful tree with flowers and fruits.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
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Business need to go beyond the companies to the communities they serve.
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Gaur Gopal Das
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B R Ambedkar
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the whole community.
Savitribai Phule
There is noone in the world who is not blamed.
Gautam Buddha
By the establishment of continence energy is gained. The chaste brain has tremendous energy and gigantic will-power. Without chastity there can be no spiritual strength. Continence gives wonderful control over mankind. The spiritual leaders of men have been very continent, and this is what gave them power. Therefore the Yogi must be continent.
Swami Vivekananda
Silence helps one to suppress one's anger as perhaps nothing else does.
Mahatma Gandhi
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
Mahatma Gandhi
My ambition is not only to chronicle but to interpret and reveal the movement of the mind and unfold the sources of India in the profound plane of human nature.
Dr S Radhakrishnan
One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
Guru Nanak
Life is like riding a bycycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Einstein
I reject each and every religious doctrine which opposes morality and does not stand the test of reason!
Mahatma Gandhi
Never let the things you want, make you forget the things you have. There is always something to be thankful for.
Annonymous
Look upon hardships with eagerness. They should not bring tears to the eye. Look upon them as ordained to serve you, to chasten you through trials and tribulations, and finally leave you stronger, healthier, wiser than before.
Mahabharata
I am the Attributeless, Absolute, Nirguna. I have no name, no residence.
Sai Baba
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
Simone De Beauvoir
Do not demand love. Begin to love. You will be loved.
C Rajagopalachari
Devotion alone can save a person, needing no help of any other means.
Madhavadeva
Live and allow others to live; hurt no one; life is dear to all living beings.
Mahavira

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