Yoga Quotes For Your Soul

Sometimes a truly inspirational quote can do more good for your soul than reading a whole book. We have gathered a few favorite quotes around yoga, meditation and health.

Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life. – Thich Nhat Hanh

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. – Buddha

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. – Buddha

The real voyage of discovery consists not only in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. – Michelangelo

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophies. – Nietzsche

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life’s tragedy. – Oscar Wilde

Yoga is difficult for the one whose mind is not subdued. ~Bhagavad Gita

Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory. ~K. Pattabhi Jois

“When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.” — B.K.S. Iyengar

“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” – B.K.S. Iyengar

”Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.” – Jason Crandell

“Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.” –  B.K. S Iyengar

“I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.” – Rumi

“Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.” – Cicero.

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.” – Plato.

“You only lose what you cling to.” – Buddha.

“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.” – Plato.

“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.“ – Bhagavad Gita

“Our bodies are our gardens—our wills are our gardeners.“   – Shakespeare.

Which one of these 20 quotes talk to your soul? Would you like to add your favorite quote? Please share it with us in the Comments section!