Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake. If material poverty is to… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
God is love. His plan for creation can only be rooted in love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasoning,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
I am no longer the wave of consciousness thinking itself separated from the sea of cosmic consciousness. I am the ocean of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The soul's first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Our great whirling planet, our human individuality, were not given to us merely that we might exist for a time and then… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man's… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Gandhi has sound economic and cultural reasons for encouraging the revival of cottage industries, but he does not counsel a fanatical repudiation… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Lord Krishna... proclaims Self-realization, true wisdom, as the highest branch of all human knowledge-the king of all sciences, the very essence of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else' he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending.For those individual souls who… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
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… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
He who knows his soul knows this truth: " I am beyond everything finite; I I now see that the Spirit, alone in a… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
