God is love. His plan for creation can only be rooted in love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasoning, offer solace to the human heart?
Paramahansa YoganandaTruths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization.
Paramahansa YoganandaThe true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soulโs power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.
Paramahansa YoganandaWhenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
Paramahansa YoganandaRemember this: When I am gone, only love can take my place. Be absorbed night and day in the love of God, and give that love to all.
Paramahansa YoganandaYou 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