The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.

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.

If you're explaining, you're losing.

To automatically be promoted from one class to another without any serious self- discipline, and self- improvement is a cheap life.

Fear and self-doubt are the deadly enemies of creativity. Don’t invite either into your mind.

He created the way out, and He leads us to the way out, but it certainly isn't easy.

This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed.

There is no more fascinating subject in which a person may become occupied than an examination into the history of his ancestry.

Go on day by day fulfilling the task of the day, and leaving the results with God.

Iceland is 50 percent Celtic blood, from the females that they stole from us, which is why our country has only got dogs left. It was a joke! I'll never be let back in Scotland again!

I always felt a bit alone and isolated from other people...I did a lot of pretending as a child. It was my way of coping with the fact that I didn't feel like I fit in.