Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes

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• The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. . . Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.

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  Past, Worry, Secret

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

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  Done, World, Changing The World

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• Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.

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  Art, Sleep, Lunch

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1986). “Self-realization”

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• If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

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  Positive, Happiness, Sad

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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• Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before. Nothing changes; you only give up the body. If you are a thief or a liar or a cheater before death, you don't become an angel merely by dying. If such were possible, then let us all go and jump in the ocean now and become angels at once! Whatever you have made of yourself thus far, so will you be hereafter. And when you reincarnate, you will bring that same nature with you. To change, you have to make the effort. This world is the place to do it.

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  Death, Giving Up, Liars

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

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  Art, Secret, Be Kind

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• It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

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  Spiritual, Lying, Suffering

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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  Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.

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  Inspirational, Change, Smile

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• The spine is the highway to the Infinite. Your own body is the temple of God. It is within your own self that God must be realized.

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  Self, Body, Temples

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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• Humans become angels on earth, not in heaven.

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  Angel, Heaven, Earth

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

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  Mind, Calm, Perceive

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1986). “Self-realization”

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• I am a spark from the Infinite.
  I am not flesh and bones.
  I am light.

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  Light, Flesh, Sparks

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• Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

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  Lying, Temptation, Overcoming

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• Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

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  World Love, Hypocrisy, Inner Peace

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• 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

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  Struggle, Self, Tears

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• Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.

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  Strong, Iron Ore, Fire

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• 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.

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  Past, Flames, Trials

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• Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.

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  Relax, Goes On, Way

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1974). “Self-realization”

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• Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it to create only good. If you cling to a certain thought with dynamic will power, it finally assumes a tangible outward form. When you are able to employ your will always for constructive purposes, you become the controller of your destiny.

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  Power, Destiny, Mind

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.8, BookBaby

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• Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.

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  Mean, Ego, Soul

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• Most 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.

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  Passion, Home, Health

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• Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.

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  Life, Cherish Every Moment, Quiet Moments

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• A saint is a sinner who never gave up.

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  Saint, Gave Up, Sinner

  Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

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• Change your life by changing your thoughts.

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  Time And Change, Changing Your Life, Change Of Heart

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• Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

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  Sarcastic, Hurt, Kindness

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