"Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom."

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Source : Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.9, Allied Publishers

Geeta Iyengar

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“As a very young man I signed a declaration - 'I renounce war and will never support another'. That was in 1939 and I have maintained this stand throughout the whole period, including WW2, as a Conscientious Objector.Worked to achieve Peace since. It is necessary for individuals to take this stand and maintain it. War never solves anything - it accentuates any problem, whatever it is, and makes matters worse. There is no moral or humanitarian justification for it.”
“Once you have a PhD, every meeting you go to becomes a doctor's appointment.”
“It is not half so important to know as to feel.”
“If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.”
“All the live murmur of a summer's day.”
“If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail.”

Source : Cole Porter (1954). “103 lyrics”
“I wanted us to share the sense that the number of wrong moves far exceeds the number of good moves, to share the frightening instability of the correct decision, to bond in being confounded.”
“Life is all about taking risk to get what you want.”

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