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Self Realization Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda
- The material and the spiritual are but two parts of one universe and one truth. By overstressing one part or the other, man fails to…
- Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be fit for Self-realization…
- Why shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will fortify your own…
- Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of…
- The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is…
- Lord Krishna... proclaims Self-realization, true wisdom, as the highest branch of all human knowledge-the king of all sciences, the very essence of dharma ("religion")-for it…
- Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things-strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality-will…
- It takes a long time-many incarnations of right action, good company, help of the guru, self-awakening, wisdom, and meditation-for man to regain his soul consciousness…
- Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not…
- I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they…
- You must know the difference between imagination, theoretical knowledge and true realization. Could you nourish yourself by only listening to a talk on food? To…
- The man of Self-realization knows a bliss that cannot be compared to anything in this world. His joy is independent of any object or sensory…
- God-realization is the most difficult state to reach. Let no one fool himself, nor think that someone else can "give" it to him. Whenever I…
- God is the life behind your life, the sight behind your eyes, the taste behind your tongue, and the love behind your love. To realize…
- Through Self-realization man becomes aware of true values as to his place in the divine plan and his relation to the past, present, and future…
- Self-realization may be and sometimes is attained even by people who are struggling with sick and otherwise imperfect bodies; but it cannot be attained unless…
- God-realization is attained only by great effort on the part of the yogi and by divine grace.
- The love of God uplifts and enlarges us. I can never think of myself anymore as exclusively in this body; I feel that I am…
- The way to liberation lies through this realization of the Self, by God-communion and by remaining in this God-aware state of the soul while performing…
- He who has realized oneness with God possesses all knowledge contained in Him. Knowing the Lord as Beginning and End of all beings and worlds,…
More Self Realization Quotes
- Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them." "Everything comes to us that belongs… — Rabindranath Tagore
- Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily… — B.K.S. Iyengar
- The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but… — Ramana Maharshi
- We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize that which alone is real? All… — Ramana Maharshi
- Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world — Ramana Maharshi
- Life is perpetually creative because it contains in itself that surplus which ever overflows the boundaries of the immediate time and space,… — Rabindranath Tagore
- All service should be regarded as an offering to God, and every opportunity to serve should be welcomed as a gift from… — Sathya Sai Baba
- I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization… — Alana Stewart