B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 2

Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.

The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.

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

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.

Learning is as much an art as teaching

This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.

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

By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.

We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.

Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.

Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.

When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.

You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement. Do not look at others' bodies with envy or with superiority. All people are born with different constitutions. Never compare with others. Each one's capacities are a function of his or her internal strength. Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.

Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability

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

Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.

By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.

Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.

The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

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

Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.