Paramahansa Yogananda > Quotes

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“You may control a mad elephant;
You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger;
Ride the lion and play with the cobra;
By alchemy you may learn your livelihood;
You may wander through the universe incognito;
Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful;
You may walk in water and live in fire;
But control of the mind is better and more difficult.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life's Challenges

“Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you.”
― 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

“forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise...”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“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

“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, In the Sanctuary of the Soul: A Guide to Effective Prayer

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“Stillness is the altar of spirit.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“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

“Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“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

“Every tomorrow is determined by every today.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“The entire universe is God's cosmic motion picture, and that individuals are merely actors in the divine play who change roles through reincarnation; mankind's deep suffering is rooted in identifying too closely with one's current role, rather than with the movie's director, or God.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“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, Autobiography of a Yogi

“The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's happiness, the happiness of others.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“No busques valores absolutos en el mundo relativo de la naturaleza”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Hay personas que tratan de ser altas cortando la cabeza a los demàs
Sri Yukteswar”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Todo tiene su momento, y cada cosa su tiempo bajo el cielo”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“En los hombres superficiales, el pecesillo de los pensamientos povoca mucho ruido; en las mentes oceànicas, las ballenas de la inspiraiòn apenas si dejan estela
Escrituras hindùes.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Todo mejorarà en el futuro, si estàs haciendo un esfuerzo espiritual en el presente.
Sri Yukteswar a Paramahansa Yogananda”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“La capacidad para discernir sobre la colocación de una coma no remedia un estado de coma espiritual”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Mas suave que la flor, cuando se trata de amabilidad; mas potente que el rayo, cuando los pricipios estàn en juego.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Màs vale hombre paciente que valiente, mejor dominarse que conquistar ciudades”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“Dios no hace ciertamente distinción alguna entre lo "importante" y lo "no importante", no vaya a ser que, por falta de un alfiler, ¡El cosmos se derrumbre!”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi