Sharon Gannon Quotes

We can't have happiness if we cause others unhappiness.

Worry is a prayer for something you don't want.

Live with the anticipation that something incredible might happen at any time.

When we have a choice it is always best to choose kindness. Veganism is simply the kinder choice.

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.

The enemy of the spirit is the selfish ego, which thinks that happiness can be gained through causing unhappiness and disharmony to others. In many ancient languages, the word for enemy means "one who falls out of rhythm; one who is not working in harmony with the larger group."

The practice of yoga allows us to become more conscious of our own physical existence and how significant we really are.

There are atoms of air in your lungs that were once in the lungs of everyone who has ever lived. In essence, we are breathing (inspiring) one another.

The raising of animals for food and all that it entails is the single most destructive force impacting our planet's fragile ecosystems. Our planet simply cannot sustain the greed of billions of human beings who are eating other animals.

Enlightenment is the realization of the oneness of being, where otherness disappears.

The way you treat others determines the way others treat you; the way others treat you determines the way you see yourself; the way you see yourself determines who you are.

See the other person's potential for kindness and bolster your own expression of kindness. If you see them in a negative way, the power of your perception will only help to keep them that way as you polarize yourself from them, assuming a superior role, seeing yourself as the good guy and them as the bad guy.

Human beings are Earthlings and as Earthlings are connected to every other living being on this planet.

Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.

Our breath is connected to the air that every being breathes. By breathing consciously, we acknowledge our communion with all of life.

To live and breathe with an exclusive focus on one's small self, disconnected from the whole, is the definition of egotism.

If you practice Yoga for small, selfish reasons, you will remain the same, bound by your beliefs about what you can and cannot do. Let go and offer your effort to limitless potential. Dedicate yourself to the happiness of all beings.

Yoga practices shift our identity away from the ego-personality and its struggles so that we can begin to reconnect with the essential nature of our being, which is bliss.

We create the world we live in. If we want to change what we don't like in the world, we must start by changing what we don't like about ourselves.

If you want people to listen to you, then be willing to listen to them.

The best way to uplift our own lives is to do all we can to uplift the lives of others.

What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.

Don't expect others to change. Instead, take on the project and see if you can become the change you want to see in the world. Try your best to let go of anger, blame and seeing yourself as a victim.

In the United States, the average is two children per family, while in Africa it is five children per family. On the surface, the statistic seems to indicate that Africans are having way too many kids and are taxing the Earth's resources, while American kids are born into families who are able to take care of them. However, the average American child consumes roughly the same resources as fifteen African children. So when an American family says they only have two children, they are actually consuming the resources of an African family of thirty children!

The way we treat animals is the root cause of all the human suffering in the world, from poverty, starvation, disease, and war to lack of clean air and water, not to mention all the varied forms of human emotional and spiritual suffering.