Paramahansa Yogananda

“God will not tell you what you should want; but whatever you make up your mind to do, He will help you to accomplish it.”

“Life has a bright side and a dark side, for the world of relativity is composed of light and shadows. If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil, you yourself will become ugly.”

“Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you.”

“God made the earth a perfect place, but man has made it otherwise by his wrong thoughts and wrong actions.”

“The soul must stretch over the cosmogony of ages to find the ultimate truth.”

“Feel the love of God; then in every person you will see the face of the Father, the light of love which is in all.”

“God is a person as well as an infinite consciousness. He should be sought as both personal and impersonal.”

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

“Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for.”

“Continual seeking is the only sure way of finding.”

“You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.”

“The purpose of human life is to find God. That is the only reason you exist.”

“God is the fountain of health, prosperity, wisdom, and eternal joy. We forsake our source when we allow our minds to dwell on worldly things.”

“You are what you think. Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be; if you think yourself strong, strong you will be.”

“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.”

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”

“Loyalty is the first law of God.”

“Good company is one of the most important things a devotee should seek.”

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