The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.

The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

When you're a kid you have these notions about how things are going to be.... You get a little older and you pull back on some of that. I think you wind up just tryin to minimize the pain.

Memories are worse than bullets.

Don't tell people you care about them when all you really care about is getting your own way.

Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace without soul peace.

My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters' names are Jina and Jacey Jones.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

Markets cant think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets, which is why the important things in life have got to be taken outside of the marketplace.

Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in the spirit.