Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.

There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.

Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.

It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.

Success is nearest to those whose efforts are intense and sincere.

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

The longest journey begins with a single step.

For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.

If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.

Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question.

It's okay to cry as long as you're faking it.

No form of love is wrong, so long as it is love.

It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears.

Well all tai chi has the martial aspect to it, a lot of people don't know, a lot of the teachers won't show it, or they do show it but you don't really learn it, what the application is.

Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends.

I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!

Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.