Thought is the primary energy and vibration that emanated from God and is thus the creator of life, electrons, atoms, and all forms of energy.
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 exercise your will power you release the power of life energy - not when you merely wish passively to be able to obtain an objective.
Paramahansa YoganandaWhatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
Paramahansa YoganandaGod-realization is the most difficult state to reach. Let no one fool himself, nor think that someone else can "give" it to him. Whenever I fell into a state of mental stagnation, my Master could do nothing for me. But I never gave up trying to keep in tune with him by cheerfully performing whatever he asked me to do. "I have come to him for God-realization," I reasoned, "and I must listen to his advice."
Paramahansa Yogananda