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77 Motivational Quotes By Paramahansa Yogananda For Healthy Body And Soul

Famous As: Guru
Born On: January 5, 1893
Died On: March 7, 1952
Born In: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Founder / Co Founder: Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS),
Died At Age: 59
Mukunda Lal Ghosh, who later came to be known as Paramahansa Yogananda, was an Indian yogi and spiritual guru. He became one of the most influential voices in spirituality, meditation and Kriya Yoga in the world during his lifetime. Yogananda studied at Srerampore College and it was during his time at the college that he became a regular visitor to the 'Yukteshwar Ashram.' He became a monastic Swami. After relocating to the United States in 1920, he became far more influential and well-known, particularly after establishing the ‘Self Realization Fellowship.' During his time in the United States, he also became acquainted with some of the most important public figures of the time and that helped in further spreading his spiritual message. Yogananda’s most important work as a yogi is the book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi,' in which he laid down his own ideas on meditation and yoga. The book made meditation and yoga hugely popular in the Western world and started a sort of revolution that has endured to this day. His thoughts still bring solace to disturbed minds and crippled hearts. 
Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......

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

Paramahansa Yogananda
Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

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

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

Paramahansa Yogananda
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

Paramahansa Yogananda
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.

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
Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.

Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.

Paramahansa Yogananda
You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.

You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.

Paramahansa Yogananda
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.

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.

If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise...

Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise...

Paramahansa Yogananda
The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

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

Paramahansa Yogananda
Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.

Paramahansa Yogananda
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Paramahansa Yogananda
You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you

You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you

Paramahansa Yogananda
Stillness is the altar of spirit.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

Paramahansa Yogananda
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.

Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

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

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

Paramahansa Yogananda
The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.

The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

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.

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
To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go.

To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go.

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

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

Paramahansa Yogananda
The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's happiness, the happiness of others.

The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's happiness, the happiness of others.

Paramahansa Yogananda
The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux.

The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux.

Paramahansa Yogananda
God is simple. Everything else is complex. Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature.

God is simple. Everything else is complex. Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around.

Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around.

Paramahansa Yogananda