Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

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.

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

We have eyes to see beauty and a heart to love and appreciate it.

if people do not have responsibility, do not expect them to behave responsibly.

I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the men.

Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.

Thou madest man, he knows not why, he thinks he was not made to die.

It's impossible to give it all you got and fail unless you fail to give it all you got to do the impossible.

The only occasion when the traditions of courtesy permit a hostess to help herself before a woman guest is when she has reason to believe the food is poisoned.

When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time.

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.