Top 21 Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes



Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

 

You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.

 

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself……

 

Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.

 

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man’s slavery

 

Feel body as luxury– as a bird feels when shooting through the air, and as a child does always — is health

 

Those in the West who have adopted Christ as their own should remember that he was an Oriental. Love and sympathy for Jesus should be expanded into love and sympathy for all Orientals, and for all the world.

 

Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.

 

Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.

 

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness thinking of others first . . . when you learn to live for others they will live for you.

 

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness thinking of others first… when you learn to live for others they will live for you.

 

When you learn to live for others they will live for you.

 

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

 

The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.

 

The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.

 

Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.

 

It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?

 

My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.

 

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

 

Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on Earth is also often a carryover of astral experiences between a person’s earth lives.

 

The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.

 

 

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