Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDABe kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAI am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIt doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhen you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAMany 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 YOGANANDAFearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence… To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhen the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAA genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAProper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAI don’t want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDALet my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAHe who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAMost of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.
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.
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