Before any real benefit can be derived from physical exercises, one must first learn how to breath properly. Our very life depends on it.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles.

We retire too early and we die too young, our prime of life should be in the 70's and old age should not come until we are almost 100.

It is better to be tired from physical exertion than to be fatigued by the 'poisons' generated by nervousness while lying awake.

It is the mind itself which builds the body.

Man should develop his physical condition simultaneously with that of his mind.

You must squeeze every atom of impure air from lungs until they are almost as free of air as a vacuum.

The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control of your body.

It is the mind that shapes the body

Contrology is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.

Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.

When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self-confidence follows.

Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.

Concentrate on the correct movements each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of their value.

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.

Above all, learn to breathe correctly.