Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.

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.

He loves her for everything she is and is not. She’s old enough to appreciate that.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

It's never the deviants who are the problem, puss. Don't forget that. It's the people who won't open their minds that are dangerous.

We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

I think I've gotten and developed tremendous relationships throughout the world with the leaders.

For, know that each soul constantly meets its own self. No problem may be run away from. Meet it now!

May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.

There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.

Surely Islam has nothing to fear from criticism even if it be unreasonable.

I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.