Quote

Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to understand, and also for their Innate Right to their own Free Will.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
Autobiographer
Guru
Philosopher
Writer
Yogi
Paramahamsa Yogananda
Free
Superior
Show
Superiors
Understand
Demands
Shows
Obedience
Also
Demand
Violates
Right
Capacity
Subordinates
Never
Respect
Innate
People
Wise
Guidance

More quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda

Image
Have the unflinching determination to move on your path unhampered by limiting thoughts of past errors.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the light of illumination, present in every soul, every flower, every atom!
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
Consider no one a stranger. Learn to feel that everybody is akin to you.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
The reality of my life cannot die for I am indestructible consciousness.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God's love.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
An artist doesn't really create anything - he just rearranges what is already there.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
As I radiate love and goodwill to others, I will open the channel for God's love to come to me.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
He is the wisest who seeks God. He is the most successful who has found God.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
Every night in sleep God takes away all your troubles to show you that you are not a mortal being you are spirit.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
A wish is a desire without energy
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
I am calmly active, actively calm. I am the prince of peace sitting on a throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Image
Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.
Paramahansa Yogananda