Quotes Category: Paramahansa Yogananda

If at first he fails, he must determine and press on. This is the exercise of the will, the cry of self-confidence, the expression of faith directing the power toward the ideal…

When the individual starts for the Promised Land, the land of darkness must be forsaken, forgotten. He must leave the darkness and start toward the light. It is impossible to go and stay at the same time. The old must forsake, the new adhered to. He must forget the things […]

All great souls are true to their vision. Everything bright forth was first a vision, a seed idea planted in the soul, then allowed to expand and come forth. These souls never allow the unbelief of others to influence them. They are willing to sacrifice for their vision, they are […]

Understanding the vision as a Land of Promise, an ideal that is to be realized or to become real, the soul now sees only the good, the object of its desire. Here there must be no doubt, no wavering, no hesitation, for this would be fatal. One must be true […]

Within the knowledge that the creative power lies within, he recalls his heart’s desire; this becomes an ideal, or mold, that draws forth power and substance to fill the mold. I SEE is the soul’s conception; it is the Promised Land, the dream come true, toward which the soul may […]

Then think, ‘Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. ‘The reason they are added is that they are made out of the very essence of Spirit. The consciousness must first find the Spirit before it can form the […]

Then what a realization, what an awakening to know the I AM; to know that within is the power, substance, and intelligence from which all forms take from; and to know that the moment a definite and true idea of desire can be intelligently formed, the power, intelligence, and substance […]

The failure of outer things to satisfy leads the soul to seek the power within. Then the individual may discover that I AM, he may know that within him lies all power to satisfy the soul, to fulfill its every need and desire. This knowledge may not come until the […]

…. man can unfold in the fullness of his power only when he has a true ideal, a real purpose in life. A seed can begin to grow only when it is firmly fixed in the ground. The God power within can bring forth a true desire only when it […]