“There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.”

When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability

If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity

Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.

You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.

If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.

Learning is as much an art as teaching

Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.

I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole ‘Super Bowl’ generalization of our world – You’re on this side, I’m on that side; you’re a Republican, I’m a Democrat; you’re country music, I’m rock music.

Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I’m glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.

Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I’ve never considered it a neutral or passive profession.

I’ve always been very interested in fashion, but it is extremely important to me that the social and environment issues associated with the production of fashionable clothing are addressed.

I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.

Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation’s freight rail system create many problems.

The way to stop political correctness is to not do it. If someone says, You offended me then you say I don’t care! If they’re offended by the truth, that’s their issue!