It is the mind that shapes the body

The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.

In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body

If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. IF it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.

Change happens through movement and movement heals.

Every moment of our life can be the beginning of great things.

The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at its mercy.

Pilates is gaining the mastery of your mind over the complete control over your body.

You are only as young as your spine is flexible.

A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion.

Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.

Darkness should never be an excuse to quit, for with God, darkness is the exact stuff that light was built for.

Your omnipresence is marvellous!I breathe and you enter me.I exhale and enter into you.

Just make sure the day doesn’t pass without sayin’ what’s in your heart. Sometimes you pass up those chances and they’re gone forever.

How many paths had I avoided in life? How many times had I been content to stop at "close enough"--too afraid to push ahead? Too afraid to let go?Too afraid to give up . . . control.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.

My goal has always been to slow down as slowly as possible. It's as simple as that.

For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.

It is the Jew who lies when he swears allegiance to another faith; who becomes a danger to the world.