When 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 YOGANANDATruths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization.
More Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes
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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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Seclusion is the price of greatness.
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Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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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.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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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.
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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
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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.
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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.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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