Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.

The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

She hated the love she had been given, because it had asked for nothing in return, which was absurd, unreal, against the laws of nature

Getting more exercise isn’t only good for your waistline. It's a natural anti-depressant, that leaves you in a great mood.

There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

Patience is idling your motor when you feel like stripping a gear.

When everything comes from Jesus, it is spiritual insanity to have any form of pride.

The law of nature instructs most animals to cherish and educate their infant progeny. The law of reason inculcates to the human species the returns of filial piety.

God wants an opportunity to prove who He is.

I have long been a supporter of a free and independent press and I always will be. But with freedom comes responsibility.

I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.

That quality is what makes women great collaborators; we understand it's a team effort. Even if it comes from society telling us to be polite.