Paramahansa Yogananda Quotes❓

Steve Jobs gifted Yoganada’s _Autobiography Of A Yogi_ to everyone who attended his funeral.

Everything else can wait but your search for God cannot wait.―Paramahansa Yogananda

In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.—Paramahansa Yogananda

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

Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.—Paramahansa Yogananda

“You may control a mad elephant;/You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger;/Ride the lion and play with the cobra;/By alchemy you may learn your livelihood;/You may wander through the universe incognito;/Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful;/You may walk in water and live in fire;/But control of the mind is better and more difficult.—Paramahansa Yogananda

Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.―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

In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.—Paramahansa Yogananda

Extend the boundaries of the glowing kingdom of your love, gradually including your family, your neighbors, your community, your country, all countries—all living sentient creatures.—Paramahansa Yogananda

Everything else can wait but your search for God cannot wait.―Paramahansa Yogananda