Matthew Farni

“A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure by which the body and mind are disciplined and the soul gradually liberated. Taking nothing for granted on emotional grounds or by faith, a yogi practices a thoroughly tested series of exercises that were first mapped out by the ancient rishis. In every age of India, yoga has produced men who became truly free, true Yogi-Christs.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“After deep prayer and meditation the devotee is in touch with his divine consciousness; there is no greater power than that inward protection."
—Paramhansa Yogananda”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

“In sleep, you do not know whether you are a man or a woman, he said. "Just as a man, impersonating a woman, does not become one, so the soul, impersonating both man and woman, has no sex. The soul is the pure, changeless image of God.”
― Paramahamsa Yogananda

“He laughed. “I mean a pension of fathomless peace — a reward for many years of deep meditation. I never crave money now. My few material needs are amply provided for.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi