Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it. Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes From Paramahansa Yogananda Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you. Paramahansa Yogananda silenceshininghealing In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy. Paramahansa Yogananda attachmentspiritualchildren No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit Paramahansa Yogananda words-of-wisdombenefitsdirectors The greatest romance is with the Infinite. Paramahansa Yogananda romancebeautifulideas Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace. Paramahansa Yogananda world-loveinner-peacehypocrisy 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. You will find a magic, living relationship uniting the trees, the sky, the stars, all people, and all living things; and you will feel a oneness with them. This is the code of divine love. Paramahansa Yogananda starslightfather What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in a way that He is not manifest in any other human being. Your face is unlike anyone else's, your soul is unlike anyone else's, you are sufficient unto yourself; for within your soul lies the greatest treasure of all - God. Paramahansa Yogananda greatest-treasuresoullying Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean. Paramahansa Yogananda inner-peaceoceandying He who knows his soul knows this truth: Paramahansa Yogananda laughterstarsflower Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself. Paramahansa Yogananda only-loveyogaheart Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes. Paramahansa Yogananda mudsoulmistake Do not take life's experiences too seriously. For in reality they are nothing but dream experiences. Play your part in life, but never forget that it is only a role. Paramahansa Yogananda dreamplayreality Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you. Paramahansa Yogananda respondingwantfirsts Let us meditate until we perceive the Infinite Christ reigning in our own hearts. Let us learn to love those who love us not; and to forgive those who do ill against us. Let us break all our mental boundaries of color, creed, and nationality, and receive all - even our inanimate and animal brothers - in the endless, all embracing arms of our Christ Consciousness. This will be a true and fitting celebration of the coming of Jesus Christ to this earth. Paramahansa Yogananda brotherheartjesus To love those that love you is easy. To love those that love you not is not so simple. If you want to change anyone, set a better example. Show more kindness, more understanding, more love. That has a Paramahansa Yogananda kindnesslove-youheart You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God's creative principle works in you. Paramahansa Yogananda spiritualcouragerunning Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are always demonstrating according to the kind of thoughts you habitually entertain. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness. Paramahansa Yogananda changehappinessinspirational Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become. Paramahansa Yogananda uncomplicatedcalmingsimple People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself. Paramahansa Yogananda runningpeopleworld Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror. Paramahansa Yogananda conquerorcircumstanceshero
