Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.

As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.

Regarding perfection, that's a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in it, and my mind and my intelligence gets better in my sadhana, and it reaches a certain place. When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens... My body is a laboratory, you can say. I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.

The sleeping tortoise takes all its limbs into its carapace. So does the yogi: going back into himself he does not see anything worldly any longer, he makes peace in himself.

Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.