Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

Yoga is a metaphor for life. You have to take it really slowly. You can't rush. You can't skip to the next position. You find yourself in very humiliating situations, but you can't judge yourself. You just have to breathe, and let go. It is a workout for your mind, your body and your soul.

I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

The answers keep unfolding as your life expands, if you're willing to see things for what they are-and what they can be.