Paramahansa Yogananda

“If you retain the joyous aftereffects of meditation throughout the day, or part of the day, you will see that this joy will correctly guide you in everything. Saints are guided by this joy, in the consciousness of which no erroneous actions are possible. Retain the acquired joy of meditation throughout the day.”

“There are always two forces warring against each other within us.”

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

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.”

“Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.”

“Careless indifference and bodily restlessness in meditation cause negative vibrations.”

“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.”

“The man who has perceived God looks upon all types of men as dream motion-picture images, made of the relativities of the light of Cosmic Consciousness and the shadows of delusion.”

“The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit.”

“If one marries out of necessity, he will have to reincarnate to reach the point where he wants to live only for God.”

“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery”

“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.”

“The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light.”

“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?”

“When your mind is fully withdrawn in superconsciousness, it becomes centered in the bliss of the spine. You are then in your ideational, or causal, body. That is the level of the soul.”

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

“Cosmic energy enters the body through the medulla and then passes to the cerebrum, in which it is stored or concentrated.”

“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.”

“Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit.”

“As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.”