Build your inner environment. Practice Silence! I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter, they would say: "Go back into your inner castle." It was very hard to comprehend then, but now I understand the way of peace
Paramahansa YoganandaThe mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften others with kindness.
Paramahansa YoganandaThe Spirit could not create matter as anything different from Itself, for it had only Itself as the tissue or material with which to build the cosmos.
Paramahansa YoganandaSuccess should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
Paramahansa Yogananda