In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers.

Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world.

How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places.

Those who scorn and hate the world and hate themselves miss the point. The point was that there wasn't one. There was no place to go to.

When your mind is tranquil and at peace with the universe, when it has become void of all thought - you become meditation.

The only loser who walks away from a wise man is the one who walks away.

The universe is ecstasy. We have many other ways of perceiving infinity. And when you perceive life through these other modes, that's when you see that the universe is ecstasy, That's when you experience its ecstasy.