If you are in a dark room, donโt beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light
Paramahansa YoganandaThe more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.
Paramahansa YoganandaNo matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances.
Paramahansa YoganandaSuccess is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man.
Paramahansa YoganandaIt is a great mistake to regard a certain object as pleasurable in itself and to store the idea of it in the mind in hope of fulfilling a want by its actual presence in the future. If objects were pleasurable in themselves, then the same dress or food would always please everyone, which is not the case.
Paramahansa Yogananda