110+ Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes On Death, God And Healing

Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian spiritual leader and guru who introduced millions of westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga. He is best known for his book Autobiography of a Yogi, which has been translated into over 46 languages. He founded the Self-Realization Fellowship in 1920 to spread his teachings of yoga and meditation. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda on love, death, god.

Top 10 Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes

1. If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
2. Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
3. Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world
4. Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
5. Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
6. Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
7. It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
8. Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.
9. The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
10. Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.

Paramahansa Yogananda Short Quotes

• The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
• When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
• Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept!
• If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
• In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
• Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.
• Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.
• Stillness is the altar of spirit.
• Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.
• When you yearn for God with intensity, He will come to you.

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Love

The greatest romance is with the Infinite. You have no idea how beautiful life can be. When you suddenly find God everywhere, when He comes and talks to you and guides you, the romance of divine love has begun. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless. — Paramahansa Yogananda

I could not think of being unkind, even to a mortal enemy. It would hurt me. I see so much unkindness in the world, and there is no excuse for me to add to it. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Whatever I do, I do with the greatest love that I have in me. Try this, and you will see that you do not become fatigued at all. Love is one of the greatest stimulants to the will. Under the influence of love the will can do almost anything. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Affirm divine calmness and peace, and send out only thoughts of love and goodwill if you want to live in peace and harmony. Never get angry, for anger poisons your system. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God's love. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Death

The body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you would not say that you have changed. Similarly, when you give up this bodily dress at death you do not change. You are just the same, an immortal soul, a child of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The ocean of Spirit has become the little bubble of my soul. Whether floating in birth, or disappearing in death, in the ocean of cosmic awareness the bubble of my life cannot die. I am indestructible consciousness, protected in the bosom of Spirit’s immortality. — Paramahansa Yogananda

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. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Death is not as terrible as you think. It comes to you as a healer. Sleep is nothing but a counterfeit death. What happens in death we can picture in sleep. All our sufferings vanish in sleep. When death comes, all our mortal tortures cease; they cannot go beyond the portals of death. — Paramahansa Yogananda

It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Death is only an experience through which you are meant to learn a great lesson: you cannot die. — Paramahansa Yogananda

To face death itself should not daunt you. Fear of death is ridiculous, because as long as you are not dead you are alive, and when you are dead there is noting more to worry about! — Paramahansa Yogananda

We don't become angels merely by the instrument of death. If we are angels now, we will be angels in the hereafter. If we are dark, negative personalities now, we will be the same after death. — Paramahansa Yogananda

You don't know what is going to come to you in this world; you have to go on living and worrying. Those who die are pitying us; they are blessing us. Why should you grieve for them? — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About God

Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes. — Paramahansa Yogananda

You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you — Paramahansa Yogananda

So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time. — Paramahansa Yogananda

You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing. — Paramahansa Yogananda

When you make up your mind to do good things, you will accomplish them if you use dynamic will power to follow through. No matter what the circumstances are, if you go on trying, God will create the means by which your will shall find its proper reward. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Everything is Spirit - in essence, though hidden in manifestation. If you had the perception, you would see God in everything. — Paramahansa Yogananda

To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Healing

Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Absolute, unquestioning faith in God is the greatest method of instantaneous healing. An unceasing effort to arouse that faith is man's highest and most rewarding duty. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Love is the heartbeat of all life. — Paramahansa Yogananda

One cannot tell when he is going to be healed, so do not try to set an exact time limit. Faith, not time, will determine when the cure will be effected. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevent all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Yoga cannot know a barrier of East and West any more than does the healing and equitable light of the sun. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The best methods are those which help the life energy to resume its inner work of healing — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Happiness

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become. — Paramahansa Yogananda

A genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy. — Paramahansa Yogananda

It is blessedness for yourself and others if you are happy. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Learn to be calm and you will always be happy. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable. — Paramahansa Yogananda

No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm-that is true happiness. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The man of Self-realization knows a bliss that cannot be compared to anything in this world. His joy is independent of any object or sensory experience. It is an incomparable happiness that cannot be described in words. Such joy is known as sattvik-ananda. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Life

Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you - to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity. — Paramahansa Yogananda

I am no longer the wave of consciousness thinking itself separated from the sea of cosmic consciousness. I am the ocean of Spirit that has become the wave of human life. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life. — Paramahansa Yogananda

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

Change your life by changing your thoughts. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life. — Paramahansa Yogananda

He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Play your part in life, but never forget it is only a role. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it. — Paramahansa Yogananda

One may have many teachers, but only one guru, who remains as one's guru even in many different lives, until the disciple reaches the final goal of emancipation in God. You must remember this, once that relationship is formed. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Meditation

By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit. — Paramahansa Yogananda

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. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Self-realization may be and sometimes is attained even by people who are struggling with sick and otherwise imperfect bodies; but it cannot be attained unless one can concentrate and meditate uninterruptedly upon God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Harmony with nature will bring you a happiness known to few city dwellers. In the company of other truth seekers it will be easier for you to meditate and think of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness. — Paramahansa Yogananda

In meditation...the power of God begins to reflect in the clear waters of your consciousness. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Just behind the darkness of closed eyes shines the light of God. When you behold that light in meditation, hold onto it with devotional zeal. Feel yourself inside it: That is where God dwells. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Prayer

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer. — Paramahansa Yogananda

As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God — Paramahansa Yogananda

Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Spiritual

Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now. — Paramahansa Yogananda

As God talked with Arjuna, so will He talk with you. As He lifted up the spirit and consciousness of Arjuna, so will He uplift you. As he granted Arjuna supreme spiritual vision, so will He confer enlightenment on you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Never be petty. Do not feed resentments against anyone. I prefer good-hearted sinners to so called good people who are intolerant and devoid of compassion. Being spiritual is to have an open mind, understand and forgive, and be friends with everyone. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake. If material poverty is to be avoided, spiritual poverty is to be abhorred. For it is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role. — Paramahansa Yogananda

As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The reality of my life cannot die for I am indestructible consciousness. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Discerning placement of a comma does not atone for a spiritual coma. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Inspirational

Nothing is impossible unless you think it is. — Paramahansa Yogananda

When you know God as peace within, then you will realize Him as peace existing in the universal harmony of all things without. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Environment is of supreme importance. It is greater than will power. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Humbly serving all with their beauty, flowers say more to us about God than anything else. Each one brings a message that the Heavenly Father is right here. — Paramahansa Yogananda

With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I am the ocean." You should realize that just behind your consciousness is the Ocean of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Environment is stronger than will. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on Earth is also often a carryover of astral experiences between a person's earth lives. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Your success in life does not altogether depend on ability and training; it also depends on your determination to grasp opportunities that are presented to you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

With right attitude, life is very simple and very easy. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Soul

The soul's first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. — Paramahansa Yogananda

If you open the door to the magnetic power of friendship, souls of like vibrations will be attracted to you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Through the orifice of silence, the whole geyser of Bliss, perpetually shoots up and flows over the soul. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static; calmness is the voice of God speaking to you through the radio of your soul. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose, the green grass carpet, the magnanimity of souls, the loftiness of minds, the depth of love - all these things remind us of a God who is beautiful and noble. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the light of illumination, present in every soul, every flower, every atom! — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Yogi

Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Every tomorrow is determined by every today. — Paramahansa Yogananda

If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean. — Paramahansa Yogananda

When you learn to live for others, they will live for you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

God-realization is attained only by great effort on the part of the yogi and by divine grace. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery — Paramahansa Yogananda

You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained. — Paramahansa Yogananda

By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Body

Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The spine is the highway to the Infinite. Your own body is the temple of God. It is within your own self that God must be realized. — Paramahansa Yogananda

He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The soul is bound to the body by a chain of desires, temptations, troubles and worries, and it is trying to free itself. If you keep tugging at that chain which is holding you to mortal consciousness, some day an invisible Divine Hand will intervene and snap it apart and you will be free. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect. — Paramahansa Yogananda

A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure by which the body and mind are disciplined, and the soul liberated. — Paramahansa Yogananda

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. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The physical ego, the active consciousness in man, should uplift its body-identified self into unity with the soul, its true nature; it should not allow itself to remain mired in the lowly delusive strata of the senses and material entanglement. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes About Heart

God is love. His plan for creation can only be rooted in love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasoning, offer solace to the human heart? — Paramahansa Yogananda

Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften others with kindness. — Paramahansa Yogananda

To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable. Though He is the sole Owner of the cosmos, silently showering us with gifts from life to life, one thing yet remains which He does not own, and which each human heart is empowered to withhold or bestow - man's love. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another — Paramahansa Yogananda

May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts. — Paramahansa Yogananda

In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others. — Paramahansa Yogananda

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first... when you learn to live for others, they will live for you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda Famous Quotes And Sayings

Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it to create only good. If you cling to a certain thought with dynamic will power, it finally assumes a tangible outward form. When you are able to employ your will always for constructive purposes, you become the controller of your destiny. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace. — Paramahansa Yogananda

What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in a way that He is not manifest in any other human being. Your face is unlike anyone else's, your soul is unlike anyone else's, you are sufficient unto yourself; for within your soul lies the greatest treasure of all - God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Sing songs that none have sung, think thoughts that ne'er in the brain have rung, Walk in paths that none have trod, weep tears as none have shed for God, Give peace to all to whom none other gave, Claim him your own who's everywhere disclaimed. Love all with love that none have felt and Brave the battle of life with strength unchained. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. . . Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Feel the love of God; then in every person you will see the face of the Father, the light of love which is in all. You will find a magic, living relationship uniting the trees, the sky, the stars, all people, and all living things; and you will feel a oneness with them. This is the code of divine love. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. — Paramahansa Yogananda

I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light. In helping others to succeed I shall find my own prosperity. In the welfare of others I shall find my own well-being. I am infinite. I am spaceless, I am tireless; I am beyond body thought, and utterance; beyond all matter and mind. I am endless bliss. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Never do anything that taints your mind. Wrong actions cause negative or evil mental vibrations that are reflected in your whole appearance and personality. Engage in those actions and thoughts that nurture the good qualities you want to have. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings and by harshly examining our own. — Paramahansa Yogananda

If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light — Paramahansa Yogananda

The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God... break the barriers of your ego, shed selfishness, free yourself from the consciousness of the body, forget yourself, do away with this prison house of incarnations, melt your heart in all, be one with creation. — Paramahansa Yogananda

We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain; enough in a gram of flesh to run the city of Chicago for 2 days. And you say you are tired? — Paramahansa Yogananda

You may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play with the cobra; By alchemy you may learn your livelihood; You may wander through the universe incognito; Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful; You may walk in water and live in fire; But control of the mind is better and more difficult. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Each time a swarm of worries invades your mind, refuse to be affected; wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries with the powerful chemical of your peace. — Paramahansa Yogananda

It is not a pumping-in from the outside that gives wisdom; it is the power and extent of your inner receptivity that determines how much you can attain of true knowledge, and how rapidly. You can quicken your evolution by awakening and increasing the receptive power of your brain cells. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Conserve the vital energy, follow a balanced diet, and always smile and be happy. He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God. If you feel that you can't smile, stand before a mirror and with your fingers pull your mouth into a smile. It is that important! — Paramahansa Yogananda

Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy. — Paramahansa Yogananda

He who conquers the mind, conquers the world. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Do your best and then relax. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Remain quiet. Don't feel you have to talk all the time. Go within and you will see the Loveliness behind all beauty. — Paramahansa Yogananda

I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear. — Paramahansa Yogananda

A saint is a sinner who never gave up. — Paramahansa Yogananda

There are always two forces warring against each other within us. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it. — Paramahansa Yogananda

He who has realized oneness with God possesses all knowledge contained in Him. Knowing the Lord as Beginning and End of all beings and worlds, a true Brahmin has knowledge of the hereafter and of the workings of nature on this plane of existence. — Paramahansa Yogananda

We are all part of the One Spirit. When you experience the true meaning of religion, which is to know God, you will realize that He is your Self, and that He exists equally and impartially in all beings. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Humans become angels on earth, not in heaven. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Beginning with the early dawn of each day, I will radiate joy to everyone I meet. I will be mental sunshine for all who cross my path. Before the unfailing light of my cheer, darkness will take flight. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Your part is to awaken your desire to accomplish your worthy objectives. Then whip your will into action until it follows the way of wisdom that is shown to you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

When you came into this world you cried, whereas everyone else rejoiced. During your lifetime, work and serve in such a way that when it is time for you to leave this world, you will smile at parting while the world cries for you. Hold this thought and you will always remember to consider others above yourself. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Loyalty is the first law of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

In the state of love, no matter what you do, it's going to be good. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Why forgive one who wrongs you? Because if you angrily strike back you misrepresent your own divine soul nature-you are no better than your offender. But if you manifest spiritual strength you are blessed, and the power of your righteous behavior will also help the other person to overcome his misunderstanding. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to understand, and also for their Innate Right to their own Free Will. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Life Lessons by Paramahansa Yogananda

1. Paramahansa Yogananda taught that the path to inner peace and contentment lies in turning inward and connecting with the divine within. He encouraged people to practice meditation and other spiritual disciplines to help them find their true purpose and inner joy.
2. He also emphasized the importance of living in the present moment and being mindful of our thoughts, words, and actions. He believed that by being conscious of our behavior and cultivating an attitude of gratitude and compassion, we can create a more meaningful life.
3. Paramahansa Yogananda also advocated for the power of positive thinking and the importance of service to others. He believed that by helping others and living with an open heart, we can find true happiness and fulfillment.