Quotes About Growth

I think that all the spiritual training is just to be able to allow you to experience this from a slightly different perspective - one that's a little more stabilized.

Authentic spirituality... does not render the self content, it renders it undone.

If increased meta-knowledge is not counter-balanced by a corresponding growth in consciousness then the likelihood of psycho-spiritual dysfunction is great.

Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.

Prosperity is often the enemy of spiritual development.

The wise Christian will learn from the spiritual blunders of others.

Tantra and adventure are very, very connected. Perhaps the greatest enemy for one who's journeying along the spiritual path is complacency.

Living in the spiritual world is very easy, once you grow accustomed to it. But initially, it puts you through some changes.

So I went off on my own and started the process of spiritual teaching.

The fate of the world rests on this one thing: our capacity to actualize our spiritual potential, and quickly.

One could say that everybody in this world has a spiritual teacher. For most people, their losses and disasters represent the teacher; their suffering is the teacher.

It will be a great thing for the human soul when it finally stops worshipping backwards.

I've become much more spiritual and use a lot of energy to try and keep the balance.

Without humility, all spiritual progress stops.

Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect.

It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.

No education deserves the name unless it develops thought, unless it pierces down to the mysterious spiritual principle of mind, and starts that into activity and growth.

Do not cherish suffering. Don't act like a fool. Don't think that your suffering is going to accelerate your spiritual progress.

When we align our lives with spiritual laws, challenges remain, but we can approach them with arms open wide, ready to dance.

Sturdy gospel roots that go deep into rich spiritual soil strengthen and steady us in times of trial and difficulty.

To discover one's own spiritual poverty is to achieve a positive conquest by the spirit.

Gardening can become a spiritual exercise, teaching us discernment as we eliminate the weeds from our lives, giving what we value room to grow.

A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress.