The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God. — 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
Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted; a truth cannot be created, but only perceived. The erroneous thoughts of man result from… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Never do anything that taints your mind. Wrong actions cause negative or evil mental vibrations that are reflected in your whole appearance… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
A harmonized mind produces harmony in this world of seeming discord. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
No one can be a yogi, maintaining a state of mental equilibrium, free from inner involvement in planned desireful activities, unless he… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“Mind is the wielder of muscles. The force of a hammer blow depends on the energy applied; the power expressed by a… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“The more your mind resists a bad habit instead of embracing it gleefully, the more you will build up the inner strength… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“The human mind is a spark of the almighty consciousness of God. I could show you that whatever your powerful mind believes… — 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
