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.
B.K.S. IyengarYour whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
B.K.S. IyengarMy Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
B.K.S. IyengarThat's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.
B.K.S. Iyengar