When people come to Yoga, they are perhaps coming to it at the end of a long series of alternatives, and they're looking for something that's going to act very quickly. But Yoga is not a quick answer.

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?

These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Growth is the process of responding positively to change.

Life must always go on and Yoga is not about an escape from life. Yoga's about a way of dealing with life more effectively; to be able to involve oneself with one's family, one's friends, one's social commitments, one's job and yet at the same time maintain one's centre.

Mr. President, I love you, but you're wrong. (To Richard Nixon, on the Vietnam War)