B.K.S. Iyengar

When I set off in yoga, I had no understanding of the greater glory of yoga. I too was seeking its physical benefits, and it was these that saved my life. When I say that yoga saved my life, I am not exaggerating. It was yoga that gave me a new birth with health from illness and firmness from infirmity.

Yoga ferried me across the great river from the bank of ignorance to the shore of knowledge and wisdom.

Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal… For the yogi, spirit is not separate from body. Spirituality is not ethereal and outside nature but accessible and palpable in our bodies

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

Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.

As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight. The Universe did not create Life in the hope that the failure of the majority would underscore the success of the few. Spirtiuality atleast, we live in a democracy, an equal opportunity society.

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal. Nature is in this sense like an actor who has only different roles.

You do not need to seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

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.

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.