"Where There is Light (Self-Realization Fellowship)" Quotes

“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 (Self-Realization Fellowship)"

“Smile at the world with a smile from within…. Learn to be happy at will and to hold on to that happiness within, no matter what happens. Some people are absolutely crushed by their tests; others smile on in spite of their difficulties. Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life.”
― Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges

“To send your thoughts to loved ones who have passed on, sit quietly in your room and meditate upon God.”
― Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges

“Use every trial that comes to you as an opportunity to improve yourself.”
― Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges

“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, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges

“The life and teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda are described in his Autobiography of a Yogi. An award-winning documentary film about his life and work, Awake: The Life of Yogananda, was released in October 2014.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges

“Who can stop you from thinking you are a god? No one. You are your only obstruction.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Where There Is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life's Challenges

“When you say to me that you can’t do this or that, I don’t believe it. Whatever you make up your mind to do, you can do. God is the sum total of everything, and His image is within you. He can do anything, and so can you, if you learn to identify yourself with His inexhaustible nature.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Where There Is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life's Challenges

“Smile at the world with a smile from within...
Learn to be happy at will and to hold on to that happiness within, no matter what happens. Some people are absolutely crushed by their tests; others smile on in spite of their difficulties. Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, "Where There is Light (Self-Realization Fellowship)"

“Every human being is an expression of the great, vast Spirit. Since you are a manifestation of Spirit, you should make an effort to express your infinite potentialities.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, "Where There is Light (Self-Realization Fellowship)"

“All great teachers declare that within this body is the immortal soul, a spark of That which sustains all.”
― Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges

“An unlimited source of protection for man lies in his strong thought that, as a child of God, he cannot be affected by disease.”
― Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life’s Challenges

“You may argue that others have been born with the special talent you lack but desire to have. This is true. But they had to cultivate the habit of that ability some time - if not in this life, then in a previous one. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, "Where There is Light (Self-Realization Fellowship)"