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Us Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar
- 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.
- There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
- The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not…
- In order to find out how to reveal our innermost Being, the sages explored the various sheaths of existence, starting from body and progressing through…
- All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
- Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
- When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in…
- The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.
- Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive…
- Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us…
- Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
- Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
- Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong