The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.

Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquillity and joy.

You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.

Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.

Your body is the child of the soul. You must nourish and train that child.

Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.

The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.

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.

A stable mind is like a hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.

Intellectuals tend to be arrogant. Intelligence, like money, is a good servant but a bad master. When practicing pranayama, the yogi [makes] himself humble and without pride in his intellectual attainments.

Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

The popularity of yoga and my part in spreading its teachings are a great source of satisfaction to me. But I do not want its widespread popularity to eclipse the depth of what it has to give to the practitioner.

Do not look at others’ bodies with envy or with superiority.

I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.

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

Regular practice of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and disability.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

Life should be great rather than long.