Words of Wisdom and Inspiration
by Paramahansa Yogananda

... Happiness

 "Being of spiritual, mental, and material service to others, you will find your own needs fulfilled. As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full."

 "Real happiness can stand the challenge of all outer experiences. When you can bear the crucifixions of others' wrongs against you and still return love and forgiveness, and when you can keep that divine inner peace intact despite all painful thrusts of outer circumstance, then you shall know this happiness."

 "Each type of mood has a specific cause, and it lies within your own mind."

 "The more you depend upon conditions outside yourself for happiness, the less happiness you will experience."

 "Learn to carry all the conditions of happiness within yourself by meditating and attuning your consciousness to the ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new joy, which is God. Your happiness should never be subject to any outside influence. Whatever your environment is, don't allow your inner peace to be touched by it."

... Affirmations for Happiness

 "Beginning with the early dawn, I will radiate my cheer to everyone I meet today. I will be the mental sunshine for all who cross my path this day."

 "I will make up my mind to be happy within myself right now, where I am today."

 "I form new habits of thinking by seeing the good everywhere, and by beholding all things as the perfect idea of God made manifest."

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