Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.

Yoga is a means and an end.

Through surrender the aspirant's ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.

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.

Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.

The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.