Paramhansa Yogananda

People make mistakes not because they are essentially evil, rather they don't discriminate; they move by the impulses of their ignorance.

It is only by being aware of the relentless battle between the ego and the soul that we can win the victory of Self-Realization. -Daya Mata

Even when I am gone, my help will always be given to devotees all over the world. Whenever a devotee thinks of me, he will know I am near.

God sleeps in the minerals, dreams in the flowers, awakens in the animals, and in man knows that He is awake.

Evil spreads with the wind. Truth is able to travel against the wind.

I can only arouse your appetite for divine fruit. Why don't you get busy and take a bite?

It is difficult to be near a fragrant rose or ill odored skunk without being affected, so it is better to associate only with human roses.

Don't waste your time listening to the radio or reading useless novels. Be entertained by the divine messages coming from your own soul.

The true definition of old age is that state wherein one has become bored with the world.

It's impossible to receive infinite wisdom in a finite cup of human intelligence. Consciousness must be expanded to hold the ocean of truth.

Infinity is our Home. We are just sojourning awhile in the caravanserai of the body.

The relativities of life and death belong to the cosmic dream. Behold your dreamless being!

Pain is a prod to remembrance.

You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world.

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

A true friend feels your fears but fortifies your faith; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities

A sin is anything that keeps man oblivious of God.

Q- "Sir, shall I ever leave the spiritual path?" A- "How could you? Everyone in the world is on the spiritual path."

I am not your leader but your servant. I am as the dust at your feet. I see God represented in you, and I bow to you all.

Each of you is composed of many tiny stars-- stars of atoms! ....released from the ego you would find yourself aware of the whole universe.