B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 3

You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

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.

Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.

It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.

My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.

Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.

If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity

Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.

Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.

Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.

Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.

If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed.

Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.

When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.

Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with respect and attention. His words will be remembered, for they will be good and true. When one who is established in truth prays with a pure heart, then things he really needs come to him when they are really needed: he does not have to run after them. The man firmly established in truth gets the fruit of his actions without apparently doing anything. God, the source of all truth, supplies his needs and looks after his welfare.

The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.

The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today

Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.

Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power

Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.

Action is movement with intelligence