Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
In meditation...the power of God begins to reflect in the clear waters of your consciousness.
You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.
As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.
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.
Come into the silence of solitude, and the vibration there will talk to you through the voice of God.
Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.
Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.
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.
Be inwardly ever newly joyous, like the ever-fresh laughing waters of a gurgling brook.
Every night in sleep God takes away all your troubles to show you that you are not a mortal being; you are spirit.
Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.
Keep puffing on the bubble until it breaks its confining walls and becomes the sea of joy.
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.
Your success in life does not altogether depend on ability and training; it also depends on your determination to grasp opportunities that are presented to you.
Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm.
Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.
Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation.
Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.
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.
As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.
Success is not rightly measured by wealth, prestige and power. Success is measured by the yardstick of happiness.
Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role.
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.
As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.
Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the light of illumination, present in every soul, every flower, every atom!
May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts.
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.
I come not to entertain you with worldly festivities but to arouse your sleeping memory of immortality.
The seeker of God is the real lover of vidya, unchangeable truth; all else is avidya, relative knowledge.
Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God.
It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living.
He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God.