"The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for."
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"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."
"My life is my message."
"Gaining maturity in yoga practice involves learning to respect the paths that other people are on and acknowledging their merits, maybe even acknowledging that your own path is lacking in some area where another one excels."
"Whatever you do in life, yoga shows you how to do it better."
"I think it's interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It's being receptive."
"The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being."
"Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well."
"Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be."
"Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life."
"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is."
"Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination."
"The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul."
"Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy."
"Joy is a return to the deep harmony of body, mind, and spirit that was yours at birth and that can be yours again. That openness to love, that capacity for wholeness with the world around you, is still within you."
"I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself."
"To train the mind to move with the maximum speed and energy, with the utmost possible accuracy in the chosen direction, and with the minimum of disturbance or friction. That is Magick. To stop the mind altogether. That is Yoga."
"The soul has been given its own ears to hear things mind does not understand."
"While everything around me is ever changing, ever dying, there is underlying that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates.... For I can see in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists."
"As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is "AUTHENTICITY"."