Top 15 Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

You may control a mad elephant;
You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger;
Ride the lion and play with the cobra;
By alchemy you may learn your livelihood;
You may wander through the universe incognito;
Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful;
You may walk in water and live in fire;
But control of the mind is better and more difficult.

Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.

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.

Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.

You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

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.

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.

forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise...

You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.