Civilization impairs physical fitness.

The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.

In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body

If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. IF it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.

Change happens through movement and movement heals.

Every moment of our life can be the beginning of great things.

The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at its mercy.

Pilates is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control over your body.

You are only as young as your spine is flexible.

A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion.

Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.

If the religious system does not correspond to the prevalent social character, if it conflicts with the social practice of life, it is only an ideology.

I love you enough to tell you the truth whether you want to hear it or not, but what you do afterward is your choice alone.

People tend to find books when they are ready for them.

I see an incredible abuse of close-ups in many films these days. Why is that?

Attraction and aversion create a sense of self. There is no self. They are just thoughts. They are insubstantial. When you die, all the ideas of self will go away.

O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.

After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son.

If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.

The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.

I don't dabble, I'm good at acting.