Yoga Quotes - Page 11

Whatever you have to have, try to have something which is handmade.

We are on this earth to become the Spirit, to be a channel of God's love and above all, to enter into the Kingdom of God.

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

Truth is one, paths are many.

The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight... [Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.

Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible.

A person experiences life as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness.

Mastery of yoga is really measured by how it influences our day-to-day living, how it enhances our relationships, how it promotes clarity and peace of mind.

Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not learning how to bow, chant, do yoga, or even meditate, but learning to love. Love is the truth. Love is the light.

Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.

Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.

See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away - the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.

Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.

When you practice yoga, first your personality changes, the faith increases, then confidence improves

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.

Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and things like that, to stay catlike!

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

Don't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment.

It's a mistake to expect benefits from any pose. Expectations make you restless because if you fail to get what you expect, you feel miserable. Yoga practice is an act of adoration to the Lord. You do it because it has to be done. If you have this mental attitude, your selfishness disappears and the benefits come.

Perseverance is the essential requirement in the practice of yoga. It has to be done day by day, week by week, year by year, until the mind is brought to the 'still point' where it is open to the grace of God.