At night a candle’s brighter than the sun.
It has very little to do with my work, but if your image is not sexy enough, people won’t listen. It’s part of the game.
Mr. Breschnev says we will bury you, I don’t subscribe to that point of view. It seems like such an ignorant thing to do, if the Russians love their children, too.
So just to be truthful to my own sensibility, I need to acknowledge that the season is not all joy and light for a lot of people. It’s tough – environmentally, emotionally, spiritually.
Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find will be true.
Like music, yoga is a journey – one that is long enough so you keep developing, and keep learning. I don’t see an end to it.
I’m very much afraid of being mad – that’s my one fear.
Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I’d probably choose success.
I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years.
What might save us, me and you, is if the Russians love their children too.
Security in human systems we’re told will always, always last. Emotions are the sail, and blind faith is the mast. Without the breath of real freedom we’re getting nowhere fast.
The world is ruled by butterflies adding to their weapon piles. Imagine what your taxes buy. We hardly ever try.
I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.
Melancholy is no bad thing.
If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn’t destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one day and expect to eat the next, it is not even intelligent, let alone civilized.
The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I’m given that choice, to go the way that’s not safe.
Letizia Gambi is a stunning vocalist.
How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer’s deadly toy?
I think the time is right for yoga, we really are living in a very complex time – a time of great turmoil and change. Yoga is a good antidote to all that. It is almost like music in a way; there’s no end to it.
Every day is a brand new day!
In my quest to become unique, I’ve become a statistic.