As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.

Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.

Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.

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.

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.

We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.