Death is unimportant to a yogi; he does not mind when he is going to die. What happens after death is immaterial to him. He is only concerned with life-with how he can use his life for the betterment of humanity. Having undergone various types of pain in his life and having acquired a certain mastery over pain, he develops compassion to help society and maintains himself in purity and holiness. The yogi has no interest beyond that.

Learning is as much an art as teaching

If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.

Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.

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

Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.

Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.