“You waste precious time each day. Every little time you spend with God will be spent to your best advantage; and whatever you achieve with the desire to please God in your heart will stand unto eternity. God is freedom from all misery. God is the wealth and the health you seek. The desire of the soul for God is behind all other desires. Worldly desires camouflage the longing of the soul to be reunited with God-bliss. Only God can satisfy all the desires of this life and of past incarnations. I have found it so.”
– Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
(Journey to Self-Realization, page 412)
