”As far back in my childhood as I can remember, I always, without a single exception, started my day with prayer unto God. I would not even eat my breakfast unless I had gone into the family temple and offered my prayer. I recall that I would often take my bowl of cereal and sweets with me to the temple and offer it to God for his breakfast and then come out and most joyously eat all of it myself. I felt, even from the earliest days of my childhood, that offering my devotion and prayer unto God was my first duty of the day. Of course, these simple expressions of my love and adoration of God in my early boyhood were utterly instinctive and spontaneous. I worshipped God simply because my heart wanted to do so.”
—Swami Premananda
“The Abode of Peace Within My Consciousness”