“Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.”

You exist without the feeling of existence.

When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.

The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.

Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.

The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.

Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.

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.

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.

This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.

Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.

I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)

We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession.

James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America’s energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to conventional thinking.

Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers.

We are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.

The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.

I’m convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.

People’s lives really do turn out differently. And it certainly can’t be explained by how intelligent you remember them being when they were sitting next to you in organic chemistry class.