Patanjali Quotes

There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.

Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.

It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.

Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere.

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

The longest journey begins with a single step.

For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.

If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.

Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.

A mind free from all disturbances is Yoga.

It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x)

What we most love is not what we know, but what knows us and draws us. . . . (78)

Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.

Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.

When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.

The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.

Just as the pure crystal takes color from the object which is nearest to it, so the mind, when it is cleared of thought-waves, achieves sameness or identity with the object of its concentration.

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.

Yoga is the cessation of mind.

In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.

Everything is sorrow for the wise.

Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.

Chanting is one of the most traditional and first Yoga practices. It helps to open the throat area and is a great way to learn some Sanskrit and the Yoga Sutra.

Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.

Yoga is a practical method for making one's life purposeful, useful and noble.

Yoga is mind wave quieting.

Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.

The wisdom obtained in the higher states of consciousness is different from that obtained by inference and testimony as it refers to particulars.

When there is firm conquest over covetousness, they who have conquered it wake up to the how and why of life.

Each one of us needs to discover the proper balance between the masculine and feminine energies, between the active and the receptive. (104)

The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.

The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.

The way to eliminate ignorance is through steady, focused discrimination between the observer and the world.

The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.

Each place is the right place--the place where I now am can be a sacred space. (3)

With great respect and love, NOW the blessings of Yoga instruction are offered.

[I]t is important not to abandon the practice [of yoga] because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga itself transforms. Yoga has a magical quality. . . . (20)