Sayings of Yogananda

• "Creating Your Happiness"
• "Creating Happiness"
• "The Civilized Yogananda"

Early Yogananda Quotations

From Swami Yogananda: "Creating Your Happiness"

Below are some standards the yogi set up. The sayings are extracted.

Openly maligning "happiness" is far from joi de vivre.

By giving publicity to a man's weakness, you do not help him. [And] when you take away the sense of dignity from a person by openly maligning him, you make him desperate. [Yogananda]

When a man is down,. . . by destructive criticism, you push him still farther down into the more of despondency into which he is already sinking. Instead of gossiping about him, you should pull him out with loving, encouraging words. [Yogananda]

Only when aid is asked should spiritual and moral help be offered. [Yogananda]

To your own children or loved ones you may offer your friendly, humble suggestions at any time and remove their sense of secrecy or delicacy. [Yogananda]

Get busy and free your own life from weaknesses, and also teach this to your loved ones by your example. [Yogananda]

Silently heal yourself of the desire to criticize. [Yogananda]

Source: Swami Yogananda. "Creating Your Happiness". East West, Vol. 4-12, October 1932.

Quotations from Swami Yogananda: "Creating Happiness"

There are very few people who, after burning their fingers in the fire of ignorance, learn to avoid misery-making acts. [Yogananda]

Most people lack imagination and never wake up until something terrible happens to arouse them from their nightmare of folly. [Yogananda]

Evil actions produce misery sooner or later. [Yogananda]

Misery . . . should be strictly avoided. [Yogananda]

It takes time to form either a good habit or a bad one. [Yogananda]

It is worthwhile to cultivate the habit of being happy. [Yogananda]

Source: Swami Yogananda. "Creating Happiness". East West. Vol 5-9, July, 1933]

"The Civilized Yogananda"

When . . . a war ceases, . . . shake hands and say, "Let's now do our best to help one another by instituting friendly trade relations and thus regain our national and international financial losses." [Swami Yogananda, ibid]

"Live and let live" should be the motto of every civilized nation. [Swami Yogananda]

Source: Swami Yogananda. "Creating Happiness". East West, June, 1932 Vol. 4-8.