Paramahansa Yogananda

An artist doesn’t really create anything – he just rearranges what is already there.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow.

Paramahansa Yogananda

As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God.

Paramahansa Yogananda

As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don’t let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

Paramahansa Yogananda

By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Careless indifference and bodily restlessness in meditation cause negative vibrations.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.

Paramahansa Yogananda