Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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401. “A saying from the Hindu scriptures is: “In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

402. “All creative scientists know that the true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions they uncover the laws of truth.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

403. “You possess the power of thought and the power of will. Utilize to the uttermost these divine gifts!”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

404. “Practice loving those who do not love you. Feel for those who do not feel for you. Be generous to those who are generous only to themselves. If you heap hatred on your enemy, neither he nor you are able to perceive the inherent beauty of your soul.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

405. “God made us angels of energy, encased in solids – currents of life dazzling through a material bulb of flesh.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

406. “Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

407. “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

408. “As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

409. “Always remember, nothing can touch you if you inwardly love God.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

410. “The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

411. “Spirit is the vast stillness which is behind all created things.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

412. “Extend the boundaries of the glowing kingdom of your love, gradually including your family, your neighbors, your community, your country, all countries – all living sentient creatures.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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413. “Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

414. “You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

415. “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

416. “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

417. “If you don’t invite God to be your summer Guest, He won’t come in the winter of your life.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

418. “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

419. “The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

420. “The reality of my life cannot die for I am indestructible consciousness.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

421. “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

422. “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

423. “Release for constructive purposes the power you already have, and more will come. Move on your path with unflinching determination, using all the attributes of success. Tune yourself with the creative power of spirit.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

424. “No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

425. “It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

426. “Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

427. “You had to fight to get into the womb. Not only you but many souls rushed to enter, and the ones that won are you, and you and I. It was not an easy victory.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

428. “The rejuvenating effects of sleep are due to man’s temporary unawareness of body and breathing. The sleeping man becomes a yogi; each night he unconsciously performs the yogic rite of releasing himself from bodily identification, and of merging the life force with healing currents in the main brain region and in the six subdynamos of his spinal centres. Unknowingly, the sleeper is thus recharged by the cosmic energy that sustains all life.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

429. “Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

430. “Another qualification of success is that we not only bring harmonious and beneficial results to ourselves, but also share those benefits with others.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

431. “Devote your entire will power to mastering one thing at a time; do not scatter your energies, nor leave something half done to begin a new venture.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

432. “Feel body as luxury – as a bird feels when shooting through the air, and as a child does always – is health.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

433. “You must methodize your life. God created routine. The sun shines until dusk and the stars shine until dawn.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

434. “To fly away from problems may seem the easiest solution. But you gain strength only when you wrestle with a strong opponent. One who doesn’t have difficulties is one who doesn’t grow.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

435. “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

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436. “When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

437. “Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

438. “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

439. “Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

440. “We do not always see the things that are nearest to us. We pass by riches that lie close at hand and chase after rainbows.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

441. “God-realization is attained only by great effort on the part of the yogi and by divine grace.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

442. “The more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

443. “Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

444. “Keep puffing on the bubble until it breaks its confining walls and becomes the sea of joy.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

445. “The so-called miraculous powers of a great master are a natural accompaniment to his exact understanding of subtle laws that operate in the inner cosmos of consciousness.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

446. “There are always two forces warring against each other within us.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

447. “Be inwardly ever newly joyous, like the ever-fresh laughing waters of a gurgling brook.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

448. “Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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449. “Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady,” he remarked on suitable occasion. “Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon’s knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy is helpful and admirable.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

450. “Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda