Another qualification of success is that we not only bring harmonious and beneficial results to ourselves, but also share those benefits with others.
Interpretation
True success is measured by the positive impact we have on others while achieving our own goals.
In this quote, Paramahansa Yogananda emphasizes that success is not merely about personal achievement but also about the ability to create positive outcomes for others. He suggests that a true measure of success involves sharing the benefits of our accomplishments and using them to uplift those around us, reinforcing the idea that collective well-being is integral to individual success.
In practice
In a motivational speech about teamwork, emphasizing how individual success is intertwined with the success of others.
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.
It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
Scoring goals is a great feeling, but the most important thing to me is that the team is successful - it doesn't matter who scores the goals as long as we're winning.
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.
Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful
It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, 'You can always go to college, but you can't always go pro.' That made sense to me.
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