Quotes from Paramahansa Yogananda

Every night in sleep God takes away all your troubles to show you that you are not a mortal being; you are spirit.

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.

God is simple, everything else is complex

Find god - he isn't hiding from you, you're hiding from him.

We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This is the way to know God as beauty.

Calmness is the living breath of God's immortality in you.

Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God.

Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.

When you know God as peace within, then you will realize Him as peace existing in the universal harmony of all things without.

The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss; His body is countless tissues of light.

Forget your dream-born mortal weakness. Wake up and know that you and God are one.

God-realization is attained only by great effort on the part of the yogi and by divine grace.

If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.

No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances.

Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.

As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.

Feel body as luxury-- as a bird feels when shooting through the air, and as a child does always -- is health

Truths are more than imagination; they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.

Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.

I come not to entertain you with worldly festivities but to arouse your sleeping memory of immortality.

In meditation...the power of God begins to reflect in the clear waters of your consciousness.

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.