Everything is Spirit - in essence, though hidden in manifestation. If you had the perception, you would see God in everything.
Paramahansa YoganandaIf 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 YoganandaIf you want to be loved, start loving others who need your love....If you want others to sympathize with you, start showing sympathy to those around you. If you want to be respected, you must learn to be respectful to everyone, both young and old....Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself; then you will find others responding in like manner to you.
Paramahansa YoganandaProper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
Paramahansa YoganandaThe spine is the highway to the Infinite. Your own body is the temple of God. It is within your own self that God must be realized.
Paramahansa YoganandaIn vegetables and fruits, God has infused medicinal power to help in overcoming disease. Even these, however, have but a limited potency. The organs of the body are essentially sustained by the energy of God, and the person who employs various methods to increase this energy will have at his command a greater power for healing than is afforded by any medicine or diet.
Paramahansa Yogananda