I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear. Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes From Paramahansa Yogananda Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. Paramahansa Yogananda smile change inspirational 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. Paramahansa Yogananda giving-up liars death 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. Paramahansa Yogananda lunch sleep art 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. Paramahansa Yogananda sad positive happiness Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world Paramahansa Yogananda changing-the-world done world When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything. Paramahansa Yogananda calm perceive mind It is not your passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain everyday habits that control your life....Live simply. Don’t get caught in the machine of the world— it is too exacting. By the time you get what you are seeking your nerves are gone, the heart is damaged, and the bones are aching. Resolve to develop your spiritual powers more earnestly from now on. Learn the art of right living. If you have joy you have everything,so learn to be glad and contented....Have happiness now. Paramahansa Yogananda spiritual ideas art 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. Paramahansa Yogananda secret worry past Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself. Paramahansa Yogananda be-kind secret art It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering. Paramahansa Yogananda suffering spiritual lying 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. Paramahansa Yogananda destiny power mind Sing songs that none have sung, think thoughts that ne'er in the brain have rung, Paramahansa Yogananda healing song thinking If you want to be loved, start loving others who need your love....If you want others to sympathize with you, start showing sympathy to those around you. If you want to be respected, you must learn to be respectful to everyone, both young and old....Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself; then you will find others responding in like manner to you. Paramahansa Yogananda want needs firsts Change your life by changing your thoughts. Paramahansa Yogananda change-of-heart time-and-change changing-your-life Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself. Paramahansa Yogananda cherish-every-moment quiet-moments life I am a spark from the Infinite. Paramahansa Yogananda sparks light flesh By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise. Paramahansa Yogananda meditation practice heart Medicine has its limitations, Life Force has none. Paramahansa Yogananda limitation medicine force As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God Paramahansa Yogananda restless-mind broken prayer 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. Paramahansa Yogananda passion health home
