Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramahansa Yogananda)
Quotes from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda:
- Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself...…
- You 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.
- The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.
- Stillness is the altar of spirit.
- Do not seek absolute values in the relative world of nature.
- Attachment is blinding; it lends an imaginary halo of attractiveness to the object of desire.
- Softer than the flower, where kindness is concerned; stronger than the thunder, where principles are at stake.
- The body is literally manufactured and sustained by mind.
- The one who pursues a goal of even-mindedness is neither jubilant with gain nor depressed by loss.
- The more deeply we perceive, the more striking becomes the evidence that a uniform plan links every form in manifold nature.
- Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
- Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! Forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! Control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
- When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.