Paramahansa Yogananda

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The more deeply we perceive, the more striking becomes the evidence that a uniform plan links every form in manifold nature.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The poet is intimate with truth, while the scientist approaches awkwardly.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man’s slavery.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The reality of my life cannot die for I am indestructible consciousness.

Paramahansa Yogananda

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Truth is exact correspondence with reality.

Paramahansa Yogananda

We do not always see the things that are nearest to us. We pass by riches that lie close at hand and chase after rainbows.

Paramahansa Yogananda

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

Paramahansa Yogananda

When we serve others, we serve ourselves. Do not think, I will help others – think rather, I will help my own, my world, because I cannot otherwise be happy.

Paramahansa Yogananda