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Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Find god - he isn't hiding from you, you're hiding from him.
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Calmness is the living breath of God's immortality in you.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
I am the Cosmic Ocean of sound and the little wave of the body vibration in it.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Stillness is the altar of spirit.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
God is simple. Everything else is complex. Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Structure of creation. Nature herself is maya; natural science must perforce
— Paramahansa Yogananda
When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
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Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.
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The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
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I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
The Sama Veda of India contains the world's earliest writings on musical science. The
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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
Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
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You naturally love those who are dear to you, and you must learn to give that kind of love to the whole world.
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The adage: "He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom," could never be applied to my profound and quiet master. Though
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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
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
Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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With right attitude, life is very simple and very easy.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
God-realization is attained only by great effort on the part of the yogi and by divine grace.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.
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Environment is of supreme importance. It is greater than will power.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world
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The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss; His body is countless tissues of light.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Little stones that are pelted into the lake of consciousness should not throw the whole lake into commotion.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Noumenon beyond phenomena. Thought of the divine incorporeity
— Paramahansa Yogananda
From joy I came, for joy I live, in sacred joy I melt.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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What you lose in the world will not be a loss to your soul.
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The fundamental cure for all human ills is everywhere one and the same: to raise one's consciousness. In
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Always remember, nothing can touch you if you inwardly love God.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
You must stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds
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Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the illuminating Light of Christ Consciousness, present in every soul, every flower, every atom.
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The rains of Life's Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Continual intellectual study results in vanity and the false satisfaction of an undigested knowledge.
— 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
Truth is exact correspondence with reality.
— 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
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.
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Truth is not afraid of questions.
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Forget your dream-born mortal weakness. Wake up and know that you and God are one.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.
— 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
Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
If one marries out of necessity, he will have to reincarnate to reach the point where he wants to live only for God.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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
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
Heavenly Father, I will reason; I will will; I will act; but guide Thou my reason, will, and activity to the right thing that I should do.
— 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
Dharma (cosmic law) aims at the happiness of all creatures.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery
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Through love and sincerity continuously beautify your inner life in every way, by daily looking into the mirror of introspection.
— 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
In the state of love, no matter what you do, it's going to be good.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Sing songs that none have sung
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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.
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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
Warriors like Alexander the Great seek sovereignty over the soil; masters like Sri Yukteswar win a farther dominion - in men's souls. It
— Paramahansa Yogananda
If God calls me tomorrow I will go without a moment's turning back.
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Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.
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invested with the dignity of possession.
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All Nature will commune with you when you are in tune with God. Realization of this truth will make you a master of your destiny.
— 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.
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Feel body as luxuryas a bird feels when shooting through the air, and as a child does always
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just imagine!" I ejaculated.
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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Attachment is blinding; it lends an imaginary halo of attractiveness to the object of desire.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
— 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
Love is the Song of the Soul singing to God.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Through the orifice of silence, the whole geyser of Bliss, perpetually shoots up and flows over the soul.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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
Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
The seeker of God is the real lover of vidya, unchangeable truth; all else is avidya, relative knowledge.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
The true stature of a great work may not at first be recognized by those of a more conventional cast of mind.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don't kick you around.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
If one busies himself with an outer display of scriptural wealth, what time is left for silent inward diving after the priceless pearls?" Sri
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Those persons who have perceptive eyes enjoy beauty everywhere.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
The greatest of all enemies of man is himself
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Turning a corner, I ran into an old acquaintance - one of those long-winded fellows whose conversational powers ignore time and embrace eternity.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
Every night in sleep God takes away all your troubles to show you that you are not a mortal being; you are spirit.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
