The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.

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.

Competition is a bad company [kusang, the company which will bring our downfall].

Memory is a few lines snipped from a larger story that we are privileged to tuck away between the pages of our minds.

If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.

Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

If you buy a man who is half dead, everybody may be happy off the field, but on the field you'll have major problems

Nothing the writer can do is ever enough.

Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

Why not make an end of it all?... My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings.... What is death?... A very small matter,when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.

I stay out too late, got nothing in my brain.