Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world. Whatever change we want to happen outside should happen within. If you walk in peace and express that peace in your very life, others will see you and learn something.

The purification of the mind is very necessary. (72)

We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)

One truth, many paths.

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

You are the cause of your own joy or your own misery. You hold that power. You are your own friend and your own enemy.

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