Perfection in asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached.
Patanjali
Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.
Patanjali
Yoga is about stilling the turbulence of consciousness.
Patanjali
Yoga means stillness of mind and freedom from oscillations and various mental processes.
Patanjali
Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the harness and brilliance of a diamond.
Patanjali
There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.
Patanjali
Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.
Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois
Do your practice and all is coming.
Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois
The real Meaning of Yoga is a deliverance from contact with pain and sorrow.
Bhagavad Gita
Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.
B.K.S. Iyengar
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga takes us to an unconditioned freedom, because yoga sees even good habits as a form of conditioning or limitation.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall.
Sheng-Yen
The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.
Rodney Yee
Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body.
Mariel Hemingway
Concentrating on poses clears the mind, while focusing on the breath helps the body shift out of fight-or-flight mode.
Melanie Haiken
Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.
Jason Crandell
