The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.

Todo tiene su momento, y cada cosa su tiempo bajo el cielo

A true yogi may remain dutifully in the world; there, he is like butter on water and not like the easily-diluted milk of unchurned and undisciplined humanity.

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man’s slavery

The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature. This new Atomic Age will see men’s minds sobered and broadened by...

The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.

Todo mejorarà en el futuro, si estàs haciendo un esfuerzo espiritual en el presente.Sri Yukteswar a Paramahansa Yogananda

All honest work is good work; it is capable of leading to self-development, provided the doer seeks to discover the inherent lessons and makes the most of the potentialities for such growth.

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.

The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by...

Truth is exact correspondence with reality.

Dios no hace ciertamente distinción alguna entre lo “importante” y lo “no importante”, no vaya a ser que, por falta de un alfiler, ¡El cosmos se derrumbre!

Introspection, or ‘sitting in the silence,’ is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly...

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

This life is not man’s own show; if he becomes personally and emotionally involved in the very complicated cosmic drama, he reaps inevitable suffering for having distorted the divine ‘plot.’

Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another’s consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.

En los hombres superficiales, el pecesillo de los pensamientos povoca mucho ruido; en las mentes oceànicas, las ballenas de la inspiraiòn apenas si dejan estelaEscrituras hindùes.

It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer....

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable. Though He is the sole Owner of the cosmos, silently showering us with gifts from life to life, one thing yet remains which...

Ignoring all prejudices of caste, creed, class, color, sex, or race, a swami follows the precepts of human brotherhood. His goal is absolute unity with Spirit.

La capacidad para discernir sobre la colocación de una coma no remedia un estado de coma espiritual

Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is...

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

When your mind is fully withdrawn in superconsciousness, it becomes centered in the bliss of the spine. You are then in your ideational, or causal, body. That is the level of the soul.

As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don’t let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.

Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.

Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on Earth is also often a carryover of astral experiences between a person’s earth...

My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.

Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevent all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Yoga cannot know a barrier of East and...

Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.

Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.

The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man’s attachment to his body; obviously he would not pay solicitous homage to a...

No one can be a yogi, maintaining a state of mental equilibrium, free from inner involvement in planned desireful activities, unless he has renounced identification with his ego and its unsatisfiable lust for the fruits...

Cosmic energy enters the body through the medulla and then passes to the cerebrum, in which it is stored or concentrated.

Hay personas que tratan de ser altas cortando la cabeza a los demàsSri Yukteswar

You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.

If one marries out of necessity, he will have to reincarnate to reach the point where he wants to live only for God.

Man’s conscious state is an awareness of body and breath. His subconscious state, active in sleep, is associated with his mental, and temporary, separation from body and breath. His superconscious state is a freedom from...

Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man...

Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a...

Màs vale hombre paciente que valiente, mejor dominarse que conquistar ciudades

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself……

The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit.

If you retain the joyous aftereffects of meditation throughout the day, or part of the day, you will see that this joy will correctly guide you in everything. Saints are guided by this joy, in...

The Creator, in taking infinite pains to shroud with mystery His presence in every atom of creation, could have had but one motive – a sensitive desire that men seek Him only through free will.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.

Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire – for His constant presence in the temple of your...

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.