The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.

People buy products for what they can do, not for what they are.

For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.

It is not until you have the courage to engage in human relationships that you grow.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

The whole idea of timing tests is a century old, from a scientist who thought speed and ability were tightly correlated, which they are not.

You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.

To an art historian a Giotto is a 14th Century painting. To an artist it was painted yesterday. We free ourselves from the past when we see it freshly.

There is no love-broker in the world can more prevail in man's commendation with woman than report of valor.

Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.