“The unalloyed happiness I find in communion with the Lord no words can describe. Night and day I am in a state of joy. That joy is God. To know Him is to perform the funeral rites for all your sorrows. He does not require you to be stoic and morose. This is not the right concept of God, nor the way…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, amazon.com
“If you think that you can live happily in forgetfulness of God, you are mistaken, because you will cry out in loneliness again and again until you realize that God is all in all the only reality in the universe. You are made in His image. You can never find lasting happiness in any thing because not…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, amazon.com
“Regardless of religion, creed, belief or non-belief, may we all find common ground in the New Year by aligning with this universal principle, choosing to bring loving motivations to all we think, say and do. Love is our common birthright, our Divine calling to lasting peace, joy and success together…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, amazon.com
“God is Love; His plan for creation can be rooted only in Love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasonings, offer solace to the human heart? Every saint who has penetrated to the core of Reality has testified that a divine universal plan exists and that it is beautiful and full of j…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, amazon.com
“If you do not choose to be happy no one can make you happy. Do not blame God for that! And if you choose to be happy, no one can make you unhappy. If He had not given us freedom to use our own will, we could blame Him when we are unhappy, but He did give us that freedom. It is we who make of life wh…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“If you have given up hope of ever being happy, cheer up. Never lose hope. Your soul, being a reflection of the ever joyous Spirit, is, in essence, happiness itself.”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“Divine emotion is beyond description — a communion of unutterable sweetness with the Infinite Grace, the Indescribable Glory, the Eternal Protection. That is the love of God which Jesus felt, and in which he sheltered his disciples: ‘As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in m…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org