A scientist sets out to conquer nature through knowledge - external nature, external knowledge. By these means he may split the atom and achieve external power. A yogi sets out to explore his own internal nature, to penetrate the atom (atma) of being. He does not gain dominion over wide lands and restless seas, but over his own recalcitrant flesh and febrile mind.

If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.

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

Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.

One day you too may experience what I have experienced. So right away go and practise.

You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and toes so that the asana radiates from the core of your body and fills the entire diameter and circumference of your limbs. You must feel your intelligence, your awareness, and your consciousness in every inch of your body.

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