Yoga is not only learning to stand on your head but also learning to stand on your feet.

The stones of a river start out rough, but with the current continually bumping and polishing them, they end up being beautiful.

Just as a little bird cracks open the shell and flies out, we fly out of this shell, the shell of the body. We call that death, but strictly speaking, death is nothing but a change of form.

You are not given the light by anyone—not even by a spiritual teacher. You are that light.

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

God knows your breaking point. You simply don’t know your own strength.

The cause of bandha and moksha (bondage and liberation) is our own minds. If we think we are bound, we are bound. If we think we are liberated, we are liberated. . . . It is only when we transcend the mind that we are free from all these troubles. (117)