Life is not a burden, but we make it one when we refuse to accept things as they are.

If you work on yoga, yoga will work on you.

By running away from the world no one can get peace. Anywhere you go the problems will go with you, because the problems are inside you and not outside. Outside is simply a projection of inside.

No one can please everyone. Your mental peace is more important. If you are in peace, then others around you will feel peace. So your best effort should be to work on yourself.

The world is not a burden; we make it a burden by our desires. When the desires are removed, the world is as light as a feather on an elephant's back.

Work honestly, meditate everyday, meet people without fear and play.

The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat.

Children copy their parents, friends, and teachers. They will develop the habits of the people around them. So if you want your child to be honest, peaceful and happy you should be that way first.

As soon as a person starts thinking, 'I want to be a better person,' that is the start of Yoga.

Love everyone, including yourself. This is real sadhana.

You can't teach a hunter it's wrong to kill.

In general, empathy is easier the more we can identify with someone. When we can genuinely envision ourselves in a situation, it's possible to intuit what that person's suffering might feel like.

Almost all wild apples are handsome. They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at. The gnarliest will have some redeeming traits even to the eye.

All women are created equal, then some become Мarines.

If Atomes are as small, as small can bee,They must in quantity of Matter all agree

In too deep to see the diamond, down too dark to see the gold. Now he won't let go of the shovel, and he cannot dig out of the hole.

You're nothing in America if you don't have debt.

I don't want to say anything about my kids...but I go to PTA meetings under an assumed name!

You don't need an invitation to your own life.

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.