“Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.”
— 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Keep puffing on the bubble until it breaks its confining walls and becomes the sea of joy.”
“Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.”
“It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living.”
“Medicine has its limitations, Life Force has none.”
“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.”
“No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.”
“An artist doesn’t really create anything – he just rearranges what is already there.”
“Those in the West who have adopted Christ as their own should remember that he was an Oriental. Love and sympathy for Jesus should be expanded into love and sympathy for all Orientals, and for all the world.”
“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?”
“Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge.”
“We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This is the way to know God as beauty.”
“Subtle astral colors... are hidden in everything around you. Could you but see, you would be amazed at their beauty.”
“The Spirit could not create matter as anything different from Itself, for it had only Itself as the tissue or material with which to build the cosmos.”
“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!”
“Little stones that are pelted into the lake of consciousness should not throw the whole lake into commotion.”
“As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.”
“The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.”
“You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.”
“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.”
“You naturally love those who are dear to you, and you must learn to give that kind of love to the whole world.”
“Always remember, nothing can touch you if you inwardly love God.”
“When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.”
“Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation.”
“God-realization is attained only by great effort on the part of the yogi and by divine grace.”
“Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.”
“The more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.”
“The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but not need may lead you aside from that purpose. It is only by making everything serve your main objective that success is attained.”
“How you all will change the work after I am gone. If I came back a hundred years from now, I just wonder if I would even recognize it.”
“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.”
“Be inwardly ever newly joyous, like the ever-fresh laughing waters of a gurgling brook.”
“Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.”
“Through Self-realization man becomes aware of true values as to his place in the divine plan and his relation to the past, present, and future of mankind.”
“There are always two forces warring against each other within us.”
“Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.”
“It is blessedness for yourself and others if you are happy.”
“Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.”
“I come not to entertain you with worldly festivities but to arouse your sleeping memory of immortality.”
“Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.”
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