Spirit is the vast stillness which is behind all created things. — 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
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
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 sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit. — 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
The Spirit could not create matter as anything different from Itself, for it had only Itself as the tissue or material with… — 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… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Ignoring all prejudices of caste, creed, class, color, sex, or race, a swami follows the precepts of human brotherhood. His goal is… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
I am no longer the wave of consciousness thinking itself separated from the sea of cosmic consciousness. I am the ocean of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you - to make you realise that you are a part… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
To me there is no difference between one person and another; I behold all as soul-reflection s of the one God. I… — 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 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
Release for constructive purposes the power you already have, and more will come. Move on your path with unflinching determination, using all… — 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
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
The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The ocean of Spirit has become the little bubble of my soul. Whether floating in birth, or disappearing in death, in the… — 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
Spirit vibrated into matter; hence, both Spirit and matter exist. Matter, however, does not exist in the way that it appears to… — 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… — 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
