Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDALearn to be calm and you will always be happy.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhatever I do, I do with the greatest love that I have in me. Try this, and you will see that you do not become fatigued at all. Love is one of the greatest stimulants to the will. Under the influence of love the will can do almost anything.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDANever count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn’t mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDANo one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIt is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAForget 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIs a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAA saint is a sinner who never gave up.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAEvery tomorrow is determined by every today.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIf 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAI relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhen you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDABefore embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIf you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
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