Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.

Learning is as much an art as teaching

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.

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

Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.

I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.