Yoga Quotes - Page 33

• If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

  Confucius

  Thinking, Hands, Doe

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Nothing impresses me any more, save and except my own deep meditations.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Meditation, Impress, My Own

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• Meditation stops the sound-loving mind.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Meditation, Mind, Sound

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• When I meditate, I feel I am vast, very vast.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Feels

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• When I meditate, I clearly see that God is already seated inside my heart.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Heart, Meditation, My Heart

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• When we pray and meditate sincerely and soulfully, we receive an open-hearted invitation from heaven.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Heaven, Praying, Hearted

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• Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.

  Thomas Merton

  Inspirational, Voice, Self

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• The dedicated ever enjoy Supreme Peace. Therefore, live only to serve.

  Swami Satchidananda

  Enjoy, Dedicated, Supreme

  Swami Satchidananda (1987). “The Golden Present: Daily Inspirational Readings”, Integral Yoga Dist

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• Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world.

  Swami Satchidananda

  Believe, World, Individual

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• Bear insult, bear injury.

  Sivananda

  Bears, Insult, Injury

  Swami Sivananda (1952). “Asthma: Its Cause and Cure”

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• We come to God by love and not by navigation.

  Saint Augustine

  Navigation

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• Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Life, Sweat, Goal

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.45, Rodale

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• The more you meditate, the more helpful you can be to others, and the more deeply you will be in tune with God.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Tunes, Helpful

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• Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Strength, God, Education

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• Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to keep the body healthy, and so on.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Exercise, Healthy, Doe

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1975). “Authentic report of the talks in Saanen, Switzerland, 1974”

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• Live in the present, forget the past. Give up hopes of future.

  Sivananda

  Giving Up, Future, Past

  Swami Sivananda (1964). “Bliss Divine: A Book of Spiritual Essays on the Lofty Purpose of Human Life and the Means to Its Achievement”

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• This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.

  Sivananda

  Teacher, School, World

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• Make the driving force in your life love.

  Mehmet Oz

  Love Life, Driving, Force

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• If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

  Alan Cohen

  God, Meditation Practice, Space

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• You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.

  Aulus Persius Flaccus

  Strong, Block, Health

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• The best fighter is never angry.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Anger

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• Yoga is an internal practice. The rest is just a circus.

  K. Pattabhi Jois

  Practice, Circus, Internals

  "The Power of the Last Practice" by Debby Kaminsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2015.

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• I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Prayer, Standing, My Own

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• At first you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again.

  Joseph Campbell

  Space, Finding Yourself, Use

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• There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

  Martha Graham

  Dance, Block, Unique

  "The Life and Work of Martha Graham". Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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