Peace comes not from doing, but from undoing; not from getting, but from letting go.

We can see the same spirit in everybody only when we know we are that spirit, Atman or Self. Only a person who has understood his own Self can see that Self in everybody.

The same thing can be both good and bad. Whenever you speak of good, bad is also present. The world is a mixture of both. There is not good without bad. They are both sides of the same coin. Both are necessary. We have been given free will and discriminating capacity to select what is beneficial to us and to avoid what is detrimental to us. Even Cobra poison can be used as medicine.

Now will never leave. It is always here. Like a clear canvas, it awaits our painting.

Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world.

When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)

True love knows no bargains. It is one-way traffic: giving, giving, giving.