“Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.”
Paramahansa Yogananda“The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.”
Paramahansa Yogananda“Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on Earth is also often a carryover of astral experiences between a person's earth lives.”
Paramahansa Yogananda“It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?”
Paramahansa Yogananda“Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.”
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 physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.”
Paramahansa Yogananda“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”
Paramahansa Yogananda“When you learn to live for others they will live for you.”
Paramahansa Yogananda“Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.”
Paramahansa Yogananda“Those in the West who have adopted Christ as their own should remember that he was an Oriental. Love and sympathy for Jesus should be expanded into love and sympathy for all Orientals, and for all the world.”
Paramahansa Yogananda