All I've done is give you a book. You have to have the courage to learn what's inside it.

Take a small step in the direction of a dream and watch the synchronous doors flying open

I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.

Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.

My hope is that I can continue writing and, in the future, I can just be Maya Soetoro-Ng.

Your self-image is as ephemeral as the play of light dancing on the surface of the water.

If the 'I am the doer' idea goes, then only I Am remains and that 'I Am' has no religion.

I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are

Let the natural flow of the universe, course through your being, and harmonize your soul.

Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.

Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.

Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.

The epitome of the human realm is to be stuck in a huge traffic jam of discursive thought.

See yourself in the practice you are not able to access right now. Imagine yourself in it.

I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.'

I loved reading and writing, and teaching was the most exalted profession I could imagine.

They tell me I'm on 'Politically Incorrect' with Ollie North. That should be a lot of fun.

Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.

We should write, above all, because we are writers, whether we call ourselves that or not.

Something brought you here. Trust that it will satisfy its own intention to take you Home.

Just as you wash your hands before eating, clear your mind before engaging with the world.

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.

All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.

As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.

Not until all babies are born from glass jars will the combat cease between mother and son.

Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman.

A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness.

Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.

If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.

Leave everything for one moment, in unending time and just be. This is the majesty of Being

Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability

Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.

In life you only have to travel 6 inches. That is the distance from your mind to your heart.

If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content.

Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

We've had enough of the generals and movie stars. We want to hear about the ordinary people.

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

You need to create pathways in your consciousness through which the creative forces operate.

I don't think the White House has always reflected the textures and flavors of this country.

You have been an apprentice long enough; it is now time to shed your protective skin. Trust!

Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled and observe the route that your attention follows.

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

If we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it's irritatingly possible to get into it.

Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West.

Art and business may be strange bedfellows, but an artist must make room in her bed for both.

My mother had had six children in five and a half years, and three of them died in that time.

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art.

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