Sometimes students say to me: "Such-and-such person is making better spiritual progress than I am. Why?" I reply: "He knows how to listen." All men would be able to transform their lives by hearing with deep attention the simple counsel given in the ethical code of all religions. It is the stony core of egotism in the hearts of most men that prevents their listening carefully to the wisdom of the ages .
-- Paramahansa Yogananda, "Self-Realization Magazine"