552 Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda

Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.

Sing songs that none have sung

Our great whirling planet, our human individuality, were not given to us merely that we might exist for a time and then vanish into nothingness, but that we might question what it is all about. To live without understanding the purpose of life is foolish, a waste of time. The mystery of life surrounds us; we were given intelligence in order to solve it.

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.

Love is the Song of the Soul singing to God.

Careless indifference and bodily restlessness in meditation cause negative vibrations.

Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain; it is not mean to be cultivated and abused.

The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature. This new Atomic Age will see men's minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that matter is in reality a concentrate of energy.

Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.