# Quote — B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life

> By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. This ability to still and gently silence the mind is essential, not only for meditation and the inward journey but also so that the intuitive intelligence can function usefully and in a worthwhile manner in the external world.

- Author: [B.K.S. Iyengar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bks-iyengar.md)
- Book: [Light on Life](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bks-iyengar/light-on-life.md)
- Page: 12
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar#Light_on_Life_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/bks-iyengar/light-on-life/by-drawing-our

## More from this book

> Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bks-iyengar/light-on-life/yoga-allows-you-to-find.md)

> 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.

p. 12 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bks-iyengar/light-on-life/breath-is-the.md)

> 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/

p. 59 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bks-iyengar/light-on-life/yoga-is-like.md)