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Spiritual Quotes by 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, spiritual…
- The reality of my life cannot die for I am indestructible consciousness.
- 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…
- Never be petty. Do not feed resentments against anyone. I prefer good-hearted sinners to so called good people who are intolerant and devoid of compassion.…
- As God talked with Arjuna, so will He talk with you. As He lifted up the spirit and consciousness of Arjuna, so will He uplift…
- Death is not a blotting-out of existence, a final escape from life; nor is death the door to immortality. He who has fled his Self…
- Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the…
- Discerning placement of a comma does not atone for a spiritual coma.
- 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…
- It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
- Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.
- Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in…
- You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show…
- It is not your passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain everyday habits that control your life....Live simply. Don’t get caught in…
More Spiritual Quotes
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- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. — Saint Augustine
- The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. — Saint Augustine
- The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. — Sri Aurobindo
- India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not… — Sri Aurobindo
- I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. — Dan Aykroyd
- Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles,… — Sai Baba
- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man… — Sai Baba
- The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. — Richard Bach