When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

What I was is unimportant, what I am now is important.

In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.

Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.

The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.

The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.