If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
You may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Each time a swarm of worries invades your mind, refuse to be affected; wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn't mind your imperfections: He minds… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When your mind is fully withdrawn in superconsciousness, it becomes centered in the bliss of the spine. You are then in your… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When the # mind is strong and the # heart is pure, you are free — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Consider whether fulfillment of the goal you have chosen will constitute success. What is success? If you possess health and wealth, but… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
As God is omnipresent in the cosmos but is undisturbed by its variety, so man, who as a soul is individualized Spirit,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm. — 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
Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When you make up your mind to do good things, you will accomplish them if you use dynamic will power to follow… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static;… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
God is the life behind your life, the sight behind your eyes, the taste behind your tongue, and the love behind your… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it to create only good. If you cling to a certain thought… — 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
