“Peace and joy are not things you attain at the end of life. They are the basis of your life.”

— Sadhguru , book Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy

Source: Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy

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Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian 1957

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