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

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.

The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.

To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.

If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.

The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today

The pose begins when you want to leave it.

Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.

Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.

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.

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.

The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.

The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.

Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.

How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?

A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.

A person’s got to think, otherwise that person’s no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he’d know he was making a thousand children laugh.

A benefactor is a representative of God.

There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.

Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

It’s not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.

Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.