Quotes from Yogananda

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

Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

Smile at the world with a smile from within…. Learn to be happy at will and to hold on to that happiness within, no matter what happens. Some people are absolutely crushed by their tests; others smile on in spite of their difficulties. Those who are unconquered in spirit are the real successes in life.

The kriya yogi mentally directs his life energy to revolve upward and downward, around the six spinal centres (medullary, cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal plexuses) which correspond to the twelve astral signs of the zodiac, the symbolic Cosmic Man. One-half minute of revolution of energy around the sensitive spinal cord of man effects subtle progress in his evolution; that half-minute of kriya equals one year of natural spiritual unfoldment.

As soon as the knowledge of the Reality has sprung up, there can be no fruits of past actions to be experienced, owing to the unreality of the body, in the same way as there can be no dream after waking.

Use every trial that comes to you as an opportunity to improve yourself.

If you don't invite God to be your summer Guest, He won't come in the winter of your life.

yoga requires no formal allegiance. Because the yogic science satisfies a universal need, it has a natural universal applicability.

An unlimited source of protection for man lies in his strong thought that, as a child of God, he cannot be affected by disease.

History Of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I, by Prof. Surendranath DasGupta (Cambridge University Press, 1922).

The Hindu scriptures declare that those who habitually speak the truth will develop the power of materializing their words. What commands they utter from the heart will come true in life.