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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.

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Happiness, Heart, Compassion

You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Running, Spiritual, Courage

All Nature will commune with you when you are in tune with God. Realization of this truth will make you a master of your destiny.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Destiny, Realization, Tunes

The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God... break the barriers of your ego, shed selfishness, free yourself from the consciousness of the body, forget yourself, do away with this prison house of incarnations, melt your heart in all, be one with creation.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Heart, Meditation, House

Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Inspiration, Ideas, Everyday
Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

The soul is bound to the body by a chain of desires, temptations, troubles and worries, and it is trying to free itself. If you keep tugging at that chain which is holding you to mortal consciousness, some day an invisible Divine Hand will intervene and snap it apart and you will be free.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Hands, Worry, Soul
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1963). “Self-realization Magazine”

Medicine has its limitations, Life Force has none.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Medicine, Force, Limitation

With right attitude, life is very simple and very easy.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Attitude, Inspiration, Simple

It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Running, Inspiration, Practice

God is simple, everything else is complex

Paramahansa Yogananda
Simple, Autobiography Of A Yogi, Complexes
Paramahansa Yogananda (2016). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.58, Paramahansa Yogananda

Take life as it comes and death as it comes. Death is really beautiful; if it were a bad thing, God would not let it happen to us. It is really freedom, an entry into another, higher life. We must utilize this life in order to realize the life beyond this one. Beyond this earth garden is the infinite land wherein we meet those whom we have thought lost. Although we must not seek death, when it comes we should know that it is the final examination for a great reward.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Beautiful, Death, Garden

Little stones that are pelted into the lake of consciousness should not throw the whole lake into commotion.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Change, Lakes, Stones

Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Art, Inspiration, Warrior

The best methods are those which help the life energy to resume its inner work of healing

Paramahansa Yogananda
Healing, Energy, Helping

The greatest romance is with the Infinite.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Romance, Infinite

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

Paramahansa Yogananda
Pain, Fear, Mean

Truth is exact correspondence with reality.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Truth, Reality, Truth Is
Paramahansa Yogananda (2013). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.427, D C Books

The material and the spiritual are but two parts of one universe and one truth. By overstressing one part or the other, man fails to achieve the balance necessary for harmonious development... Practice the art of living in this world without losing your inner peace of mind. Follow the path of balance to reach the inner wondrous garden of Self-Realization.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual, Wisdom, Art

You cannot make steel until you have made the iron white-hot in fire. It is not meant for harm. Trouble and disease have a lesson for us. Our painful experiences are not meant to destroy us, but to burn out our dross, to hurry us back Home. No one is more anxious for our release than God.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Home, Fire, Painful Experiences

Always remember, nothing can touch you if you inwardly love God.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Remember, God Love, Ifs

Find god - he isn't hiding from you, you're hiding from him.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Thinking, Hiding

Feel the love of God; then in every person you will see the face of the Father, the light of love which is in all. You will find a magic, living relationship uniting the trees, the sky, the stars, all people, and all living things; and you will feel a oneness with them. This is the code of divine love.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Stars, Father, Light

Each time a swarm of worries invades your mind, refuse to be affected; wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries with the powerful chemical of your peace.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Powerful, Worry, Waiting

Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Attitude, Yoga, People

I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Perfect, Relax, Burden

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