We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
If you want to be loved, start loving others who need your love....If you want others to sympathize with you, start showing… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
An adept of Kriya Yoga conquers death by taking the soul beyond identification with the physical body, consciously and at will; and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
As a mortal being you are limited, but as a child of God you are unlimited... Focus your attention on God, and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake to regard a certain object as pleasurable in itself and to store the idea of it in… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Affirm divine calmness and peace, and send out only thoughts of love and goodwill if you want to live in peace and… — 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
I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but… — 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
To love those that love you is easy. To love those that love you not is not so simple. If you want… — 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