First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.

A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.

Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.

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.

You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.