--- title: "Best Soul Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda" description: "56 Soul quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda. Plus more from Paramahansa Yogananda and more Soul sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/paramahansa-yogananda-556_blessed_the-physical-ego-serves-as-its-own-worst_672930.jpg" --- > [The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-physical-ego-serves-as-its-own-worst-enemy-when-by-delusive/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/paramahansa-yogananda-556_blessed_the-physical-ego-serves-as-its-own-worst_672930.jpg) > [What are you afraid of? You are an immortal being. You are neither a man nor a woman, as you may think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/what-are-you-afraid-of-you-are-an-immortal-being-you-are-neither-a/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/paramahansa-yogananda-556_afraid_what-are-you-afraid-of-you-are-an-immort_753432.jpg) > [What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/what-you-are-is-much-greater-than-anything-or-anyone-else-you-have/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/paramahansa-yogananda-556_faces_what-you-are-is-much-greater-than-anythi_2684254.jpg) > [“Spirit projects the desire to create an individualized expression of Itself. The soul becomes manifest and projects the idea of the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/spirit-projects-the-desire-to-create-an-individualized-expression-of/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/paramahansa-yogananda-556_creation_spirit-projects-the-desire-to-create-an_1418823.jpg) > [A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/a-swami-may-conceivably-follow-only-the-path-of-dry-reasoning-of-cold/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/paramahansa-yogananda-556_body_a-swami-may-conceivably-follow-only-the_2462686.jpg) > [The body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-body-is-only-a-garment-how-many-times-you-have-changed-your/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/paramahansa-yogananda-556_body_the-body-is-only-a-garment-how-many-time_1439724.jpg) > [The soul is bound to the body by a chain of desires, temptations, troubles and worries, and it is trying to free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-soul-is-bound-to-the-body-by-a-chain-of-desires-temptations/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/paramahansa-yogananda-556_body_the-soul-is-bound-to-the-body-by-a-chain_927189.jpg) > [When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/when-you-worry-there-is-static-coming-through-your-mind-radio-god-s/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/paramahansa-yogananda-556_anxiety_when-you-worry-there-is-static-coming-th_1580719.jpg) > [Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/self-realization-is-the-knowing-in-all-parts-of-body-mind-and-soul/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/paramahansa-yogananda-556_body_self-realization-is-the-knowing-in-all-p_413556.jpg) > [Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake. If material poverty is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/possession-of-material-riches-without-inner-peace-is-like-dying-of/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/paramahansa-yogananda-556_dying_possession-of-material-riches-without-in_67484.jpg) > [Lord Krishna... proclaims Self-realization, true wisdom, as the highest branch of all human knowledge-the king of all sciences, the very essence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/lord-krishna-proclaims-self-realization-true-wisdom-as-the-highest/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/paramahansa-yogananda-556_bliss_lord-krishna-proclaims-self-realization_2944747.jpg) > [When your mind is fully withdrawn in superconsciousness, it becomes centered in the bliss of the spine. You are then in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/when-your-mind-is-fully-withdrawn-in-superconsciousness-it-becomes/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/paramahansa-yogananda-556_becomes_when-your-mind-is-fully-withdrawn-in-sup_594161.jpg) > [The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-soul-loves-to-meditate-for-in-contact-with-the-spirit-lies-its/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/paramahansa-yogananda-556_contact_the-soul-loves-to-meditate-for-in-contac_1592386.jpg) > [When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/when-the-yogi-starts-to-meditate-he-must-leave-behind-all-sensory/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/paramahansa-yogananda-556_he_when-the-yogi-starts-to-meditate-he-must_2925451.jpg) > [As God is omnipresent in the cosmos but is undisturbed by its variety, so man, who as a soul is individualized Spirit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/as-god-is-omnipresent-in-the-cosmos-but-is-undisturbed-by-its-variety/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/paramahansa-yogananda-556_astronomy_as-god-is-omnipresent-in-the-cosmos-but_1126320.jpg) > [The ocean of Spirit has become the little bubble of my soul. Whether floating in birth, or disappearing in death, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-ocean-of-spirit-has-become-the-little-bubble-of-my-soul-whether/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/paramahansa-yogananda-556_awareness_the-ocean-of-spirit-has-become-the-littl_849284.jpg) ## Other authors on Soul - [Dada Bhagwan 325 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/dada-bhagwan/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 194 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 162 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 123 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 120 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/paulo-coelho/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 110 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 105 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 102 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/plato/) - [Aristotle 96 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/victor-hugo/) ## More by Paramahansa Yogananda > [With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/with-the-realization-of-god-comes-all-power-if-the-little-wave-knew/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/love-cannot-be-had-for-the-asking-it-comes-only-as-a-gift-from-the/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/he-who-is-persistent-will-realize-god-so-try-your-best-to-make/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [Truth is exact correspondence with reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/truth-is-exact-correspondence-with-reality/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/we-should-bathe-our-spirits-in-the-deep-pure-feeling-that-stirs/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/since-you-alone-are-responsible-for-your-thoughts-only-you-can-change/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/mankind-is-engaged-in-an-eternal-quest-for-that-something-else-he/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/just-as-oil-is-present-in-every-part-of-the-olive-so-love-permeates/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-mother-s-love-is-not-given-to-us-to-spoil-us-with-indulgence-but/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [“If one busies himself with an outer display of scriptural wealth, what time is left for silent inward diving after the priceless pearls?” Sri”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/if-one-busies-himself-with-an-outer-display-of-scriptural-wealth-what/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/when-you-meditate-the-glory-of-the-divine-shines-forth-you-realize/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [He who knows his soul knows this truth: " I am beyond everything finite; I I now see that the Spirit, alone in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/he-who-knows-his-soul-knows-this-truth-i-am-beyond-everything-finite/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake. If material poverty is to be avoided,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/possession-of-material-riches-without-inner-peace-is-like-dying-of/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [“Physicians must carry on their work of healing through God’s laws as applied to matter.” But he extolled the superiority of mental therapy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/physicians-must-carry-on-their-work-of-healing-through-god-s-laws-as/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) > [If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/if-you-have-a-strong-mind-and-plant-in-it-a-firm-resolve-you-can/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul/paramahansa-yogananda/#itemlist", "name": "Best Soul Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paramahansa Yogananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-physical-ego-serves-as-its-own-worst-enemy-when-by-delusive/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/paramahansa-yogananda-556_blessed_the-physical-ego-serves-as-its-own-worst_672930.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/paramahansa-yogananda-556_blessed_the-physical-ego-serves-as-its-own-worst_672930.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/paramahansa-yogananda-556_blessed_the-physical-ego-serves-as-its-own-worst_672930.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true…” — Paramahansa Yogananda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What are you afraid of? 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