When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.

Not only does charity begin at home. Everything begins at home, including spirituality.

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

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.

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.

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

If you do not pour water on your plant, what will happen? It will slowly wither and die. Our habits will also slowly wither and die away if we do not give them an opportunity to manifest. You need not fight to stop a habit. Just don’t give it an opportunity to repeat itself. (67)