Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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301. “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

302. “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

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

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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

— Paramahansa Yogananda

305. “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

306. “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

307. “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

308. “Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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

— Paramahansa Yogananda

310. “Success is not rightly measured by wealth, prestige and power. Success is measured by the yardstick of happiness.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

311. “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.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

312. “As a mortal being you are limited, but as a child of God you are unlimited... Focus your attention on God, and you shall have all the power you want, to use in any direction.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

313. “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

314. “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

315. “Through love and sincerity continuously beautify your inner life in every way, by daily looking into the mirror of introspection.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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317. “Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

318. “A wish is a desire without energy.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

319. “Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

320. “The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss; His body is countless tissues of light.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

321. “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

322. “Sing songs that none have sung.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

323. “When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

324. “Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond.” – Persian proverb.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

325. “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

326. “An artist doesn’t really create anything – he just rearranges what is already there.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

327. “The one who pursues a goal of evenmindedness is neither jubilant with gain nor depressed by loss.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

328. “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

329. “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

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330. “People are so skillful in their ignorance!”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

331. “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

332. “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

333. “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

334. “Softer than the flower, where kindness is concerned; stronger than the thunder, where principles are at stake.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

335. “If religion means primarily God-consciousness, or the realization of God both within and without, and secondarily a body of beliefs, tenets and dogmas, then, strictly speaking, there is but one religion in the world, for there is but one God.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

336. “No action is ever an isolated event. Always, it invites from the universe a reaction that corresponds exactly to the type and the force of energy behind the deed.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

337. “Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

338. “Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain; it is not mean to be cultivated and abused.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

339. “Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

340. “Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

341. “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

342. “Medicine has its limitations, Life Force has none.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

343. “Through the orifice of silence, the whole geyser of Bliss, perpetually shoots up and flows over the soul.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

344. “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

345. “Forget your dream-born mortal weakness. Wake up and know that you and God are one.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

346. “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

347. “If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

348. “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

349. “As God is omnipresent in the cosmos but is undisturbed by its variety, so man, who as a soul is individualized Spirit, must learn to participate in this cosmic drama with a perfectly poised and equilibrated mind.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

350. “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