Top 350 Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “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

102. “The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

103. “To work with God’s happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

104. “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

105. “Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

106. “Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

107. “To me there is no difference between one person and another; I behold all as soul-reflection s of the one God. I can’t think of anyone as a stranger, for I know that we are all part of the One Spirit.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

108. “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

109. “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

110. “Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

111. “From joy I came, for joy I live, in sacred joy I melt.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

112. “Death is only an experience through which you are meant to learn a great lesson: you cannot die.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

113. “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

114. “With the opening of the New Year, all the closed portals of limitations will be thrown open and I shall move through them to vaster fields, where my worthwhile dreams of life will be fulfilled.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

115. “Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things-strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality-will be added unto you.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

116. “Seclusion is the price of greatness.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

117. “In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

118. “Truth is exact correspondence with reality.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

119. “Thought is the primary energy and vibration that emanated from God and is thus the creator of life, electrons, atoms, and all forms of energy.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

120. “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

121. “If God calls me tomorrow I will go without a moment’s turning back.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

122. “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

123. “Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

124. “As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

125. “Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets – sun and moon lit.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

126. “Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

127. “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

128. “Everything is Spirit – in essence, though hidden in manifestation. If you had the perception, you would see God in everything.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

129. “Remember this: When I am gone, only love can take my place. Be absorbed night and day in the love of God, and give that love to all.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

130. “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

131. “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

132. “Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

133. “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

134. “Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

135. “Every tomorrow is determined by every today.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

136. “In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

137. “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

138. “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

139. “Do not do what you want, and then you may do what you like.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

140. “Carrying a thought with dynamic will power means holding it until that thought pattern develops dynamic force. When a thought is made dynamic by will force, it can manifest according to the mental blueprint you have created.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

141. “The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man’s slavery.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

142. “Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

143. “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

144. “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

145. “Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the illuminating Light of Christ Consciousness, present in every soul, every flower, every atom.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

146. “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

147. “The greatest romance is with the Infinite.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

148. “Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

149. “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

150. “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