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B. K. S. Iyengar Quotes

1918–2014 India

B. K.

India
Philosophers

Also known as: BKS Iyengar

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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

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Asanas keep the body healthy and strong and in harmony with nature.

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.

The mind and the breath are the king and queen of human consciousness.

Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life

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.

We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.

You do not need to seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.

Demonstration of one's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.

You exist without the feeling of existence, existence has no meaning.

All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal. Nature is in this sense like an actor who has only different roles.

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.

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