Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.

The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.

Sloth is the great enemy -- the inspirer of cowardice, irresolution, self-pitying grief, and trivial, hairsplitting doubts. Sloth may also be a psychological cause of sickness. It is tempting to relax from our duties, take refuge in ill-health and hide under a nice warm blanket.

If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.

The way to eliminate ignorance is through steady, focused discrimination between the observer and the world.

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.

Progress is mediation comes swiftly for those who try their hardest.