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

Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.

Backbends are not poses meant for expressionism. Backbends are meant to understand the back parts of our bodies. The front body can be seen with the eyes, but the back body can only be felt. That's why I say these are the most advanced postures, where the mind begins to look at the back.

Intellectuals tend to be arrogant. Intelligence, like money, is a good servant but a bad master. When practicing pranayama, the yogi [makes] himself humble and without pride in his intellectual attainments.

Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.