She followed the pleasure where it led. She had no weight, no name, no thoughts, no history. Then came a burst of phosphorescence, as though a firework had discharged behind her eyes, and it was over. She felt quiet and warm. For the first conscious moment of her life, her mind was free from wonder, free from worry, free from work or puzzlement. Then, from the middle of that marvelous furred stillness, a thought took shape, took hold, took over. I shall have to do this again.

I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home for Christmas.'

When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.

I've ruined my eyes, I've ruined my health from my studiousness!

I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.

Yoga is the effort to experience one's divinity personally and then to hold on to that experience forever.

I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.