Psychology Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda

When the # mind is strong and the # heart is pure, you are free

— Paramahansa Yogananda

He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“The body is literally manufactured and sustained by mind.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Divisions are imaginary lines drawn by small minds.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Mind is the creator of everything.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

A harmonized mind produces harmony in this world of seeming discord.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.

— 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…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

When your mind is fully withdrawn in superconsciousness, it becomes centered in the bliss of the spine. You are then in your…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Each time a swarm of worries invades your mind, refuse to be affected; wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

When you make up your mind to do good things, you will accomplish them if you use dynamic will power to follow…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Never do anything that taints your mind. Wrong actions cause negative or evil mental vibrations that are reflected in your whole appearance…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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

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

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

When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it to create only good. If you cling to a certain thought…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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

Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted; a truth cannot be created, but only perceived. The erroneous thoughts of man result from…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator,…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“Mind is the wielder of muscles. The force of a hammer blow depends on the energy applied; the power expressed by a…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“The beguiling scope of an infant’s mind! adultly considered to be limited to toys and toes. Psychological”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

As God is omnipresent in the cosmos but is undisturbed by its variety, so man, who as a soul is individualized Spirit,…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“The human mind is a spark of the almighty consciousness of God. I could show you that whatever your powerful mind believes…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

No one can be a yogi, maintaining a state of mental equilibrium, free from inner involvement in planned desireful activities, unless he…

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“The more your mind resists a bad habit instead of embracing it gleefully, the more you will build up the inner strength…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“If the master allows himself to be commanded by a servant, the latter becomes autocratic; the mind is similarly enslaved by submitting…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that…

— Paramahansa Yogananda