Quotes from B.K.S. Iyengar

Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.

Without education, confidence does not come.

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.

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

When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.

Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it

Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.

Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.

By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.

Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.