If death were the end, then there is no God, and there are no realised masters - it is all a pack of lies. The great ones wouldn't urge you to became better, for what would be the use if, good or bad, we are all junked at the end of life? What would be the value of the scriptures? There would be no justice whatsoever if this present existence is all there is to each individual life. What of those souls who lived only a few years, or lived in blind or crippled bodies?
Paramahansa YoganandaIf you open the door to the magnetic power of friendship, souls of like vibrations will be attracted to you.
Paramahansa YoganandaGod made us angels of energy, encased in solids - currents of life dazzling through a material bulb of flesh.
Paramahansa Yogananda