The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God... break the barriers of your ego, shed selfishness, free yourself from the consciousness of the body, forget yourself, do away with this prison house of incarnations, melt your heart in all, be one with creation.
Paramahansa YoganandaWhy shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will fortify your own spiritual convictions you will find that many seemingly insuperable barriers in your life will crumble and dissolve in the waters of meditation. Your devotion and love for God will commingle with the devotion and love of others. Divine bliss will radiate from you, helping all persons you meet.
Paramahansa YoganandaSmiling away your troubles requires a clear conscience that harbors no insincerity.
Paramahansa YoganandaMeet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
Paramahansa YoganandaWhen you know God as peace within, then you will realize Him as peace existing in the universal harmony of all things without.
Paramahansa Yogananda