Inspirations

"If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich."  Lau Tsu

"For a Yogi, study implies allowing the mind to develop repeated impressions of elevation."  Swami Jyotir Maya Nanda

"Whether a person is young, or old, or very old; whether he is sick, or very weak, he can attain success (in the form of recovering health and spiritual progress) by taking recourse in the reapeated practice of Hatha Yoga." Hatha Yoga Pradikipa

"I am breathing in and feeling joyful.  I am breathing out and feeling joyful.  This is how one practices." Buddha

"The posture becomes perfect when the effort of achieving it vanishes." Yogabhashya

"When the breath wanders the mind is unsteady, but when the breath is still so is the mind still." Hatha Yoga Pradipika

"He who hears the music of the Soul plays his part well in life." Swami Sivananda

"The Self is not the individual body or mind, but rather that aspect deep inside each person that knows the Truth." Swami Vishnu Devandanda

"There is a Spirit which is pure and which is beyond old age and death.... This is Atman, the Spirit of man." Chandogya Upanishad

"For one whose mind is unbridled, self realization is difficult work.  But he whose mind is controlled and who strives by right means is assured of success." Bhagavad-gita

"Perfection of the yoga system is the attainment of freedom from material existence and not some magical jugglery or gymnastic feats." Swami Prabhupada

"Better than knowledge is meditation and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one may have peace of mind." Bhagavad-gita

"A person who meditates is free from time." BKS Iyengar

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.  Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power." Lao Tsu

"Seeing into darkness is clarity.  Knowing how to yield is strength.  Use your own light and return to the source of light.  This is called practicing eternity." Lao Tsu

"The master is her own physician.  She has healed herself of all knowing.  Thus she is truly whole." Lao Tsu

"Failure is an opportunity." Lao Tsu

"The hard and the still will be broken.  The soft and the supple will prevail." Lao Tsu

"Humble living does not diminish.  It fills.  Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.  When a man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child together, listening." Rumi

"Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being." Rumi

"For a Yogi, study implies allowing the mind to develop repeated impressions of elevation." Swami Jyotir Maya Nanda