“Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.”
Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952), Indian and American Hindu guru who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF)
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