Fulfillment Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar

When the yogi starts to meditate, he must leave behind all sensory thoughts and all longings for possessions by quieting the waves of feeling…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment.

— Mahavatar Babaji

In [Yogananda's] celebrated Autobiography of a Yogi, he offers a stunning account of the 'cosmic consciousness' reached on the upper levels of yogic practice,…

— Robert S Ellwood

One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

No one can be a yogi, maintaining a state of mental equilibrium, free from inner involvement in planned desireful activities, unless he has renounced…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness, lust and…

— Patanjali

“People slip spontaneously into moments of concentration all the time—while reading a book, exercising, playing chess, or creating art. A yogi seeks to experience…

— Darren Main

A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“if a yogi is so well blessed with karma to be one who can tread the pleasant path, one who can gain wisdom without…

— Jack Kornfield