Severinsen Stig Quotes & Sayings

Wisdom is a weapon, knowledge is the armor, and ignorance the enemy. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; — W. Somerset Maugham

If only the physical aspects of hatha yoga are used, it is called ghatastha yoga (ghata means "physical effort"). Modern expressions like "fitness yoga" and "power yoga" that flourish within gym classes are within the same category, even if they do not derive from the original exercises' rhythm and succession. In many instances "power yoga" has a positive effect on physical health; but if there is no aim to ease the mind, to gain self-insight and control of your thoughts, and to experience the divine within you and within the universe, the deeper meaning of yoga and - possibly life - is lost. — Stig Avall Severinsen

The more you believe in the power of thought, and the more you listen to your breath, the greater changes you can create in your life. — Stig Avall Severinsen

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind. — Jonathan Edwards

Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in arenas where there has been little or no change. — Bell Hooks

His lips are so close to my ear I'm water and nothing and everything and melting into a wanting so desperate it burns as I swallow it down. — Tahereh Mafi