Whatever it is that you fear, take your mind away from it and leave it to God. Have faith in Him. Much suffering is due simply to worry...affirm: "The Heavenly Father is with me; I am protected." Mentally surround yourself with Spirit...You will feel His wonderful protection.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in His protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, His omnipresence...Instead of indulging anxiety...affirm: "I am ever safe in the fortress of Thy loving care."
Paramahansa Yogananda
You must be a divine bee, tasting nothing but the sweetness, the goodness, of the honey of God...
Whether it manifests in nature or through noble qualities in human beings, it is God whom we are beholding...
Paramahansa Yogananda
When the summer of good fortune warms my tree of life, it easily burgeons with fragrant blossoms of thankfulness. During winter months of misfortune, O Lord, may my denuded branches changelessly waft toward Thee a secret scent of gratitude.
Paramahansa Yogananda
So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
Paramahansa Yogananda
When the consciousness is kept on God, you will have no fears; every obstacle will then be overcome by courage and faith.
Paramahansa Yogananda
No one can find God without love, for love given freely from the heart of His children is the only thing man's Maker is seeking. He has everything else.
Paramahansa Yogananda
When your conscience is clear, when you know you are doing right, you are not afraid of anything. A clear conscience mirrors a certificate of merit from God. Be immaculate before the tribunal of your conscience and you shall be happy and have the blessing of God.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Wrap yourself in the thought of God. His holy Name is the Power of all powers. Like a shield it deflects all negative vibrations.
Paramahansa Yogananda
You will cry out in loneliness again and again until you realize that God is all in all the only reality in the universe. You are made in His image. You can never find lasting happiness in any thing because nothing is complete except God.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Happiness will come only by spiritual cooperation, when all begin to feel for others' necessities as for their own, and to work for others as earnestly as for self.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Time spent in the pursuit of extraneous material things is a waste of man's precious opportunities to know God. I am telling you this from my heart: Blessed is he who makes up his mind never to rest until he has found God.
Paramahansa Yogananda
The body is only a garment....when you give up this bodily dress at death you do not change. You are just the same, an immortal soul, a child of God.
Paramahansa Yogananda
To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness.
Paramahansa Yogananda
I will walk by your side invisible and unknown, and guard you with invisible arms.
Paramahansa Yogananda
You are answerable to God alone...Human opinion and God‘s opinion are different. One who is worshiped by all the world may not be acceptable in the eyes of Truth. ...To be true to God is to be true to all.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Make the Lord the Shepherd of your soul. Make Him your Searchlight when you move along a shadowy pathway in life. He is your Moon...your Sun... He is your Polestar on the dark seas of mortal existence.
Paramahansa Yogananda
When you realize that life is a joyous battle of duty, and at the same time a passing dream, and when you are filled with the joy of making others happy by giving them kindness and peace, in God’s eyes your life is a success.
Paramahansa Yogananda
The more you develop flowerlike divine qualities, the more God will reveal to you His secret omnipresence in your soul.
Paramahansa Yogananda
If you want to be loved, start loving others who need your love...If you want to be respected, you must learn to be respectful to everyone, both young and old...Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself...
Paramahansa Yogananda
Compassion toward all beings is necessary for divine realization, for God Himself is overflowing with this quality. Those with a tender heart can put themselves in the place of others, feel their suffering, and try to alleviate it.
Paramahansa Yogananda
This is the highest philosophy. Do not be afraid of anything. Even when tossing on a wave in a storm, you are still on the bosom of the ocean. Always hold on to the consciousness of God’s underlying presence.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Whenever that devotee has been used or abused by others, and yet he feels within a stirring of the holy spirit of forgiveness and love, he can then affirm with conviction, "That is me! That is my real nature."
Paramahansa Yogananda
No one can find God without love, for love given freely from the heart of His children is the only thing man's Maker is seeking. He has everything else.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Meditate deeply and faithfully, and one day you will wake up in ecstasy with God and see how foolish it is that people think they are suffering. You and I and they are all pure Spirit.
Paramahansa Yogananda
God understands you when everyone else misunderstands you. He is the Lover who cherishes you always, no matter what your mistakes. Others give you their affection for a while and then forsake you, but He abandons you never. In countless ways God is daily seeking your love.
Paramahansa Yogananda
All the pursuits of life offer only partial happiness even if crowned with utmost fulfillment. But in finding God we have the reservoir of perennial, unending, unsatiating bliss. For He can give what the whole universe cannot give.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Let us pray in our hearts for a United World. Though we may seem divided by race, creed, color, class, and political prejudices, still, as children of the one God we are able in our souls to feel brotherhood and world unity.
Paramahansa Yogananda
