The purpose of yoga is to stop the misery before it comes.

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"Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked."

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"The obstacles that distract thought are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, indolence, dissipation, false vision, failure to attain a firm basis in yoga, and restlessness."

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"A mind free from all disturbances is yoga."

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"Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind."

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