When there is firm conquest over covetousness, they who have conquered it wake up to the how and why of life.

Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it.

Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.

When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.

The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness.

Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.