Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.
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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
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There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
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I practice on the roads of Gaza as we don't have good stadiums and tracks so I gave my best.
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As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.
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I'm an exercise and yoga junkie and I feel good.
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To help staff recharge and think better, companies are setting aside quiet places to relax, practise yoga or even take a nap. With hi-tech giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft underlining the pitfalls of being 'always on,' firms are imposing speed limits on the information superhighway.
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I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
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When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical.
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'
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In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.
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Sit still. Stop thinking. Shut up. Get out! The first two of these instructions comprise the whole of the technique of Yoga. The last two are of a sublimity which it would be improper to expound in this present elementary stage.
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Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly. It does not separate religion and politics. It is partly a religion, but it is much more than that. It has a political agenda that goes far outside the realm of religion.
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In every French village there is now a lighted torch, the schoolmaster; and a mouth trying to blow it out, the priest.
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It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.
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It's not easy to put a smile on people's faces.
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By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
