By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.

Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.

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.

There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.

The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.