The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
B.K.S. IYENGARChange leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Be inspired but not proud.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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