| S.N. Goenka |
All your life is wasted in reading book after book, like a parrot or mynah that repeats names by rote. |
| S.N. Goenka |
Not dancing when pleasure comes, not wailing when in pain, keeping equanimity with both—this is happiness |
| Sayadaw U Tejaniya |
Many yogis tell me that meditation is difficult. What they are actually saying is that they cannot get what they want. The problem is craving. |
| Sayadaw U Tejaniya |
Wisdom never believes. Wisdom always investigates. |
| Stephen Cope |
We are floating in a sea of other human beings, who—just like us—crave simply to be touched, to be cherished, to be known... In order to be a fully alive human being, you must create around yourself a rich surround of relationship. This surround will evoke you, will call you forth. It will affirm you. It will sustain you. It will challenge you. |
| Swami Kripalu |
Only love can bring unity and remove the separation between all living beings. |
| Swami Kripalu |
In love there are no barriers of language, no costumes, no egos, and no distinctions of any kind. Love is the only worldwide religion. Without love, light cannot be kindled in our hearts, our homes, or in the world. |
| Swami Kripalu |
Wherever you go, spread your love. Just keep the candle of your love burning and whenever you find an unlit candle, light it up. Wherever a lamp goes, it spreads light. Wherever a flower goes, it spreads fragrance. Wherever we go we should spread love. Love all beings. We don’t have to say, 'I love you,' to everyone. Just be kind, patient, tolerant, forgiving, and soft-spoken. |
| Swami Kripalu |
Music and dance are so integral to yoga that without them yoga is incomplete. I dance and sing constantly in my meditation room. This isn't simply art, but a form of meditation. |
| Swami Kripalu |
Love is not far away; it is as close as your heart. You can find it living there without walking a single step. Love is the only path. |
| Swami Kripalu |
Serve with a full heart. By making others happy, you make yourself happy. |
| Swami Kripalu |
To practice truth, we should decrease our practice of untruth. |
| Swami Kripalu |
Each of us is a lake of love, yet strangely enough we are all thirsty. |
| Swami Kripalu |
The practice of yoga with the kriya of citta and prana is a special type of sadhana. It is called Kripalu Yoga. |
| Swami Kripalu |
Struggle changes an ordinary human into a spiritually awake person |
| Swami Kripalu |
Seekers who believe they must practice yoga only in the meditation room are under a great illusion. They must practice yoga in society as well. |
| Swami Kripalu |
The highest form of spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment. |
| T.S. Eliot |
Before the beginning and after the end. And all is always now. |
| T.S. Eliot |
Every moment is a fresh beginning. |
| Thich Nhat Hanh |
In the past I have been a cloud, a river, and the air. And I was a rock. I was the minerals in the water. This is not a question of belief in reincarnation. This is the history of life on Earth. |
| Tilopa |
Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest. |
| Valarie Kaur |
You are a part of me I do not yet know |
| William Shakespeare |
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. |
| Yoganand Michael Carroll |
Yoga is not about being good. It's about being real and whole. |