“Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.” MindSuccessPracticeYogaAsanaYoga InspirationYoga PracticeInspirational YogaMeditation And YogaHatha YogaYoga And Life Author:Patanjali
“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.” MindCompassionMeditationYogaDelightUnhappyIndifferenceWickedVirtuousCalmnessCultivatingYoga InspirationFriendlinessInspirational YogaMeditation And YogaYoga MeditationHatha Yoga Author:Patanjali
“The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.” LifeMindHeartSelfHarmonySupremeContemplatingTrue SelfHeart And MindFinding PeaceTranscendentalPeace And Harmony Author:Patanjali
“Yoga is the cessation of the movements of the mind. Then there is abiding in the Seer's own form.” MindFormMeditationMovementYogaAbidingYoga InspirationSeers Author:Patanjali
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations; your conscious expands in every direction; and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world.” WorldMindSpiritualPurposeBreakWonderfulProjectsConsciousExtraordinaryInspiredLimitationFinding YourselfDormantHigher PurposeYour Purpose In LifeWonderful World Author:Patanjali
“Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness, lust and hate are to be stilled by meditation, by letting heart and mind dwell in spiritual life, by lifting up the heart to the strong, silent life above, which rests in the stillness of eternal love, and needs no harsh vibration to convince it of true being.” NeedsMindHeartSoulWholeSpiritualHateStrongSecretMeditationEternalYogaSilentActiveLustSelfishnessConvinceStillnessSpiritual LifeHarshHeart And MindVibrationsLiftingEternal LoveLifting Up Book:The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Source: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
“Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.” MindConsciousnessSilenceActivityEssentialsYogaSettling Author:Patanjali
“Just as the pure crystal takes color from the object which is nearest to it, so the mind, when it is cleared of thought-waves, achieves sameness or identity with the object of its concentration.” MindAchieveIdentityObjectsColorPureWaveConcentrationCrystalsSameness Author:Patanjali
“If you can control the rising of the mind into ripples, you will experience Yoga.” IfsMindYogaRisingRipple Author:Patanjali