As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
-
-
I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
The soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
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 -
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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
A smooth life is not a victorious life.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
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 -
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you – to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
Seclusion is the price of greatness.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
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
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
Truth is not afraid of questions.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -
Is 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 YOGANANDA