It's probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are.

Cruelty to animals is an enormous injustice; so is expecting those on the lowest rung of the economic ladder to do the dangerous, soul-numbing work of slaughtering sentient beings on our behalf.

If you don't accept yourself, you won't live fully, and if you don't live fully you'll need to get full some other way.

I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.

Just remember that those things that get attention flourish.

Yoga will always be transformationa l, even when it stops being cool.

Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.