Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.

The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

Walking in alignment with your integrity will help you stay on the right track.

The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

When I cruise around, I can't help but study people's faces and emotions and wonder why they're feeling the way they are.

The friend of God must not spend a day without God, and he must undertake no work apart from his God.

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.

Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,' as if they had their tires rotated.

You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are

Hurry up and learn patience.