Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you - to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity.
Paramahansa YoganandaYou had to fight to get into the womb. Not only you but many souls rushed to enter, and the ones that won are you, and you and I. It was not an easy victory.
Paramahansa YoganandaGod made us angels of energy, encased in solids - currents of life dazzling through a material bulb of flesh.
Paramahansa YoganandaSmiling away your troubles requires a clear conscience that harbors no insincerity.
Paramahansa YoganandaThe body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you would not say that you have changed. Similarly, when you give up this bodily dress at death you do not change. You are just the same, an immortal soul, a child of God.
Paramahansa Yogananda