Paramahansa Yogananda

“No birth, no death, no caste have I; father, mother, have I none. Blessed Spirit, I am He. I am the Infinite Happiness.” If you again and again repeat these thoughts, day and night, you will eventually realize what you really are: an immortal soul. - #ParamahansaYogananda

If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty. - #ParamahansaYogananda

We came from God and our ultimate destiny is to return to Him. The end and the means to the end is yoga, the timeless science of God-union. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. - #ParamahansaYogananda

In the attitude of silence, the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. - #ParamahansaYogananda

The more deeply we perceive, the more striking becomes the evidence that a uniform plan links every form in manifold nature. - #ParamahansaYogananda

You are here in this world for only a little while; everything is temporary. But association with God is permanent and forever, and so you must not be deluded by the temptations of the world and forget God. - #ParamahansaYogananda

We are all cells in the same body of humanity. - #ParamahansaYogananda

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 in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Seeing God as the underlying Reality is the way to solve the problem of being caught up in the delusive distortions of our material experiences. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Though you must remain in this world, be not of the world. Real yogis can talk and mingle with people, but all the while their minds are rapt in God. - #ParamahansaYogananda

If you are filled with worldly desires (at the time of death), those thoughts impinge themselves on the subtle body and bring the soul back into another earthly incarnation. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Happiness is not dependent on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Earth life is only a school in which He [God] has put us to see how we shall behave here; that is all. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Bliss is not an acquisition. You have it all inside. - #ParamahansaYogananda

The law of life is the law of belief. - #ParamahansaYogananda

Which do you want: God’s eternal bliss, which may be yours by denying yourself a few pleasures now? Or worldly happiness now, which will not last? - #ParamahansaYogananda

The world is a prison for those who indulge in desires; it is a palace for the contented. - #ParamahansaYogananda

The ultimate goal is to realize that the body, and all else in this universe, is essentially Spirit. The ordinary man is not aware of this. Jesus the Christ was. - #ParamahansaYogananda

It is better to be alone than to be in bad company. - #ParamahansaYogananda

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, a man must be fearless. - #ParamahansaYogananda