Quotes About Path

Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one's community back from the path of sin.

Self-denial means knowing only Christ, and no longer oneself. It means seeing only Christ, who goes ahead of us, and no longer the path that is too difficult for us… . Self-denial is saying only: He goes ahead of us; hold fast to him.

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it the whole being must co-operate if the heights are to be won.

If, on the other hand, our prompting are awards a withdrawal on to the Mystical Path, let us ask ourselves honestly whether we are following that Path because the call of God in our hearts is so strong, or because we have found life so difficult that we want to escape for ever from its problems.

Let your tears flow and where they go, let your sorrows follow.

Forgiving is rediscovering the shining path of peace that at first you thought others took away when they betrayed you.

In my path, through my constant search, my horse has taught me the limitless progression of life. Every time in my learning that I felt a breakthrough, I opened the doors and I found my horse saying, "It's about time. I've been waiting for you." A few weeks later another breakthrough. I opened the doors and there was my horse again. So far I have never found any limits but my own.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll never get there.

The Enneagram is not a religion, however; nor does it interfere with a person's orientation. It does not pretend to be a complete spiritual path. Nevertheless, it concerns itself with one element that is fundamental to all spiritual paths: self-knowledge.

the longest way round is the shortest way home." Our truest fulfillment does not lie in the direction of a jealously guarded self but in the direction of self-transcendence as we learn to open to others and to reality.

Never view obstacles in your path as the enemy. Rather, view any obstacles as detour signs to avoid pitfalls.

Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.

What prepares you for the true path of God? The experiences of life.

Life itself is an exile. The way home is not the way back.

You write your life story by the choices you make.

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.

Gide says the hell of this life is that between a hundred paths we have to choose only one, and live with nostalgia for the other ninety nine.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.

Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.

Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.

We can't always take the most obvious road in life.

You can't know where life will take you, but you can commit to a direction