552 Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda

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 others with kindness.

By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.

In vegetables and fruits, God has infused medicinal power to help in overcoming disease. Even these, however, have but a limited potency. The organs of the body are essentially sustained by the energy of God, and the person who employs various methods to increase this energy will have at his command a greater power for healing than is afforded by any medicine or diet.

When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.

Another qualification of success is that we not only bring harmonious and beneficial results to ourselves, but also share those benefits with others.

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 fell into a state of mental stagnation, my Master could do nothing for me. But I never gave up trying to keep in tune with him by cheerfully performing whatever he asked me to do. "I have come to him for God-realization," I reasoned, "and I must listen to his advice."

Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.

Keep puffing on the bubble until it breaks its confining walls and becomes the sea of joy.

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world