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Yoga is a light, which once lit will never dim.

The better your practice, the brighter your flame

B.K.S. Iyengar

The mind keeps well when engaged in work.

Yet Japa, meditation and prayer also are especially needed. You must at least sit down once in the morning and again in the evening. That acts as a rudder to a boat .

Ma Sarada (Sri Ramakrishna)

Diet is a bank account.

Good food choices are good investments.

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Bethenny Frankel

Retire to a quiet place or room where you do not fear interruption, so that your mind may feel secure and at rest.

Of course, the ideal condition cannot always be obtained, in which case you should do the best you can.

Swami Sivananda

One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years.

Within five years you’ll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do

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Earl Nightingale

Prayers begin in the heart. As you listen in the stillness of the night, you will hear the words of God speaking through you. He knows what you need and desire before you do.

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Khalil Gibran

The body is your temple.

Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in

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BKS Iyengar

It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it

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Albert Einstein

Through the company of the wise or the good, there arises non-attachment; from non-attachment comes freedom from delusion; where there is freedom from delusion, there is abidance in self-knowledge, which leads to freedom while alive.

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Adi Sankara, Bhaja Govindam

Scientists have found that fasting for 12+ to 24+ hours triggers autophagy, and is thought to be one of the reasons that fasting is associated with longevity.

There is a large body of research that connects fasting with improved blood sugar control, reduced inflammation, weight loss, and improved brain function

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Dan Buettner (of Blue Zones fame)

Japa is conscious repetition of the sound (mantra) given by teacher or approved by living traditions

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words”

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Elbert Hubbard

Speech is the mirror of the soul;

as a man speaks, so is he.

Publilius Syrus

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

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Lao Tzu

To love despite shortcomings is not moral superiority, it is spiritual maturity. Love, in this sense, is recognition, not reaction. Recognition that the other is the puzzle that completes the jigsaw.

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession.

That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson