We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
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
If you are posing as religious and are not living the life as stressed by God, you should wake up. It is… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Realize the tremendous spiritual power and beauty of the life of Christ, and try to live as he lived. Christ had no… — 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
Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
We are all part of the One Spirit. When you experience the true meaning of religion, which is to know God, you… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
As God talked with Arjuna, so will He talk with you. As He lifted up the spirit and consciousness of Arjuna, so… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
You must know the difference between imagination, theoretical knowledge and true realization. Could you nourish yourself by only listening to a talk… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Everything is Spirit - in essence, though hidden in manifestation. If you had the perception, you would see God in everything. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss; His body is countless tissues of light. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Why shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The material and the spiritual are but two parts of one universe and one truth. By overstressing one part or the other,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
If religion means primarily God-consciousness, or the realization of God both within and without, and secondarily a body of beliefs, tenets and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Every night in sleep God takes away all your troubles to show you that you are not a mortal being; you are… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Absolute, unquestioning faith in God is the greatest method of instantaneous healing. An unceasing effort to arouse that faith is man's highest… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what… — 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
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
