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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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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Energy Inward Mind
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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Contentment Failure Success
Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Dormant Pain Sorrow
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
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.
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Discrimination Men Real
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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Inspiring Light Shining
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Creative Release Yoga
I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Body Self Yoga
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Blood Cells Practice
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer

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