I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.
You have nothing to lose. You had nothing to begin with.
Any kind of problem you have in your life, you come to Bikram. Your life becomes the best in the world.
Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.
Would you rather suffer 90 minutes or 90 years? (Regarding a Bikram Yoga session that takes exactly 90 minutes. )
My wife never look at me anymore, my children, my wife. . . we only die once in our life. I'm dying every day when I get up in the morning.
No matter how old or sick or out of shape, you can still stretch and have a new beginning with yoga.
We have so much sex in our media that's disassociated from emotions. We have so much separation between feeling, and the emotional and the physical side of sex. They really do belong together.
Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a commitment to peace and nonviolence, and care for women and widows and orphans. What has destroyed a coming together is men's interpretation of religion.
I think probably when I was little, after my brother turned on me, I just had to play by myself or with myself. I've always done that. I think either it's some kind of weirdly competitive streak or it takes my mind off whatever's bothering me.
Scholars today are under increasing pressure to publish. Consequences of this pressure are incentives to deviate from the truth