Autobiography Of A Yogi Quotes:

God is simple, everything else is complex

- Paramahansa Yogananda

source: Paramahansa Yogananda (2016). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.58, Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Simple, Autobiography Of A Yogi, Complexes

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Ocean, Inner Peace, Dying, Bathing, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Simple, Calming, Uncomplicated, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Wise, Past, Way, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Thinking, Littles, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Life, Care, Calming, Cherish Every Moment, Caretaking

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

topic: Brilliant Ideas, Spiritual Power, Live Simply, Autobiography Of A Yogi, Happiness Now

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Attitude, Law Of Attraction, Responsible, Happy Thoughts, Personal Responsibility

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Past, Worry, Secret, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Happiness, Time, Congratulations, Sowing Seeds, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Friendship, True Friend, Heart, Live For Others, My Friendship

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

topic: Running, Spiritual, Courage, Autobiography Of A Yogi

Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Today, Determined, Tomorrow, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Relationship, Kindness, Wall, Dissolving, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Play, Elephants, Fire, Cobras, Spiritual Masters

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Persistence, Guarantees, Results, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Struggle, Self, Tears, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Soul, Paradise, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Evil, Quality, Looks, Autobiography Of A Yogi

Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Mind Body And Soul, Self Realization, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Creative, Meditation, Important, Embarking, Autobiography Of A Yogi

The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Being Happy, Health, Healing, Healthy Living, Sorrow And Happiness

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

source: Paramahansa Yogananda (2016). “Autobiography of a Yogi: (Complete Edition)”, p.166, Yogoda Satsanga Society of India

topic: Spiritual, Men, Self, Self Realization, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Sarcastic, Hurt, Kindness, Despicable, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Fear, Yoga, Calm, Serene, Remaining Calm

The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man's attachment to his body; obviously he would not pay solicitous homage to a clod of clay. A human being falsely identifies himself with his physical form because the life currents from the soul are breath-conveyed into the flesh with such intense power that man mistakes the effect for a cause, and idolatrously imagines the body to have life of its own.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

source: Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (2008). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.472, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

topic: Mistake, Men, Reflection, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

source: Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

topic: Knowing, Soul, Intuition, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

topic: Spiritual, Believe, Heart, Autobiography Of A Yogi

The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Ocean, Spirit, Wave, Autobiography Of A Yogi

Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Fear, Hate, Giving, Giving Love, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Earth, Autobiography Of A Yogi

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

- Paramahansa Yogananda

topic: Men, Roots, Desire, Autobiography Of A Yogi, Unfulfilled Desires

When I find that I am more conscious, it's because I'm in tune with a higher reality. When I'm less conscious, it's because I've cut off that entunement to some extent. Maybe through drinking, through anger, through whatever. And I realized then that God has to be an infinite consciousness, and that I had to be an expression of that consciousness. And that the goal of life then must be to become more and more in tune with that consciousness. And I decided to give my life to God. And around that time, to make a long story short, I found Autobiography of a Yogi.

- Goswami Kriyananda

source: Source: www.lotusguide.com

topic: Drinking, Cutting, Reality, Infinite Consciousness, Long Story

In [Yogananda's] celebrated Autobiography of a Yogi, he offers a stunning account of the 'cosmic consciousness' reached on the upper levels of yogic practice, and numerous interesting perspectives on human nature from the yogic and Vedantic points of view.

- Robert S Ellwood

topic: Practice, Views, Interesting, Stunning, Cosmic Consciousness

I keep stacks of Autobiography of a Yogi around the house, and I give it out constantly to people. When people need 'regrooving,' I say read this, because it cuts to the heart of every religion.

- George Harrison

topic: Heart, Cutting, People, Autobiography Of A Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi is justifiably celebrated as one of the most entertaining and enlightening spiritual books ever written.

- Tom Butler-Bowdon

source: Tom Butler-Bowdon (2010). “50 Spiritual Classics: Timeless Wisdom From 50 Great Books of Inner Discovery, Enlightenment and Purpose”, p.301, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

topic: Spiritual, Book, Enlightening, Autobiography Of A Yogi