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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Everywhere Ourselves Reality Universal
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Practice Understanding Yesterday
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Asana Challenges Gains
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain

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