The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.

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 want to treat your book as a child, the finished book should be an adult, capable to stand on its own legs and able to weather the thunder. Not a baby that still needs to be defended.

I can't create music if I'm wearing a mask and not being myself, and that was the problem with The Czars.

Rock 'n' roll is just entertainment, and the kids who like to identify their youthful high spirits with a solid beat are thus possibly avoiding other pursuits that could be harmful to them.

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.

I was also interested in formulating the path of chemical reactions.

When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?

I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.

Computers have their own aleatoric aspect, too. They crash! But I'm a knob person. I like twiddling knobs.