Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

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

There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

Sexual activity, and the thoughts and fantasies of sex, use up a great portion of our vital force. When that force is conserved through abstinence, it becomes sublimated as spiritual energy.