552 Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda

To repeat a prayer-demand over and over again, whether mentally or out loud, with ever-deeper attention and devotion, spiritualizes the prayer; it changes conscious, concentrated repetition into superconscious experience.

There are disciples who seek a guru made in their own image.

If you don’t invite God to be your summer Guest, He won’t come in the winter of your life.

The ancient rishis discovered these laws of sound alliance between nature and man. Because nature is an objectification of Aum, the Primal Sound or Vibratory Word, man can obtain control over all natural manifestations through the use of certain mantras or chants.

A wish is a desire without energy.

When He withdraws His will, all earth atoms will be transformed into energy. Atomic energy will return to its source: consciousness. The earth idea will disappear from objectivity.

Do not take life’s experiences too seriously. For in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role.

Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets – sun and moon lit.

Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond.” – Persian proverb.