Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.

We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.

Yoga is the art and science of living.

Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.

It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the burden of too much concern with material things.

Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.

I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.

Laughter drives shouting away.

If you REALLY want to know what another person is like, notice how he or she treats the less fortunate or those without position or title.

I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.

The power of now can only be realized now. It requires no time and effort. Effort means you're trying hard to get somewhere, and so you are not present, welcoming this moment as it is.

The aim of science is not things themselves, as the dogmatists in their simplicity imagine, but the relation between things.

I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.

Language does for intelligence what the wheel does for the feet and the body. It enables them to move from thing to thing with greater ease and speed and ever less involvement.

I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.

The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.