Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around. Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes From Paramahansa Yogananda Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain; Paramahansa Yogananda tired cities running Conserve the vital energy, follow a balanced diet, and always smile and be happy. He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God. If you feel that you can't smile, stand before a mirror and with your fingers pull your mouth into a smile. It is that important! Paramahansa Yogananda important mirrors joy He who conquers the mind, conquers the world. Paramahansa Yogananda conquer-the-world mind world The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God's love. Paramahansa Yogananda light love people You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained. Paramahansa Yogananda autobiography-of-a-yogi earth 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 compassion heart happiness If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light Paramahansa Yogananda light dark trying Environment is stronger than will. Paramahansa Yogananda environmental yoga inspirational Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow. Paramahansa Yogananda envy body mind Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others. Paramahansa Yogananda cutting trying people Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism. Paramahansa Yogananda self spiritual law The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power, until you can stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds. Paramahansa Yogananda crash world The greatest romance is with the Infinite. Paramahansa Yogananda romance infinite You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream; you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find. Paramahansa Yogananda our-world goal dream Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it. Paramahansa Yogananda apology effort yoga The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. Paramahansa Yogananda congratulations time happiness God is the life behind your life, the sight behind your eyes, the taste behind your tongue, and the love behind your love. To realize this to the fullest extent is Self-realization. Without God's power you can do nothing. If you always hold this thought, you cannot go wrong, because you will have purified the temple of your mind and your soul with the vibrations of God. Paramahansa Yogananda eye sight love-is If you open the door to the magnetic power of friendship, souls of like vibrations will be attracted to you. Paramahansa Yogananda vibrations soul doors Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation. Paramahansa Yogananda ego soul mean I could not think of being unkind, even to a mortal enemy. It would hurt me. I see so much unkindness in the world, and there is no excuse for me to add to it. Paramahansa Yogananda hurt mean thinking