Quotes About Growth

Todos estamos en el Camino, y esta vía va siempre ascendiendo, con frecuentes sitios de reposo.

Being uncomfortable is good, beta. It's in discomfort that growth happens.

We all begin with a story of ourselves that we believe to be true. But perhaps true personal change, even healing, can only happen when we change that narrative, when we begin to tell ourselves and others a different story. Surely

Think of how far you've come," Maggie said softly. "And then ask yourself how much farther you wish to go

Look to the future, child," her father used to say. "This is why our feet point forward, not back.

Peter was a birthday party, all candles and cake and balloons. Now the party was over. Sudhir was the rest of the year, the real deal, the place where she'd built her nest. What she and Sudhir had constructed together, someone like Peter could only dream about. If he was even smart enough to realize and envy them what they had, that is. Which she somehow doubted he was.

what happens is that each wound penetrates the body deeper and deeper

We're responsible. We have control. The clear nature of our mind is always there, waiting to be revealed when the clouds of the disturbing attitudes are dispelled. This is our human beauty; this is our potential.

At first, it's hard for us to give to others, so we give a carrot from one hand to the other. Then we give away simple things, such as a jar of thumbtacks. Then, we grow a little bit and give away things that we hold more dear. Later, we can share our time or whatever else is more difficult for us to give. When we eventually become Tara, we will be able to give everything effortlessly and joyfully.

The human mind has the potential for infinite development. If you can discover, even in a small way, that true satisfaction comes from your mind, you will realize that you can extend this experience without limit and that it is possible to discover everlasting satisfaction.

This time it is different. Today I have sought a spiritual teacher, I have read the sutras, and as a result I have now recognized the enemy!" It has been stated: The old days when you could Ruin me at will are now gone; I can see you now, so where are you off to? I shall tear down your arrogance.197

Observe the defects of a householder's life and return soon." When the prince heard

If you aspire to self-mastery, [286] apply the antidotes to pride; If you aspire to overcome all obstacles,

In the past I have been preoccupied with worthless, ruinous pursuits. Now I shall regard my own self as the enemy and shall call upon all eight classes of worldly gods, demigods, and demons, and all eighty thousand families of obstructive forces to withdraw their support of this self.

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If relapsed, meditate on it as the very remedy.

What use is this great demon for me?187

So long as I fail to view this [the self] as the enemy, so long will I continue to seek the well-being of this self.

Anger becomes limiting, restricting. You can't see through it. While anger is there, look at that, too. But after a while, you have to look at something else.

I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.

A tree grows its branches out until it touches the tips of the next closest tree. And they're linked forever. Because if they're really close, their roots grow together. They're so intertwined underneath that no matter what happens above ground, they stay connected.

Adulthood is a lie, Audre. We're all just tall toddlers.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go home and feed my two kittens, Growth and Metamorphosis.

Lizette didn't lay eyes on Audre till she was two. It was cruel. She hadn't raised her daughter to have such ghastly manners. But in the end, maybe Genevieve had been right to sever ties. Genevieve was Eva now, and she and Audre were both thriving. Everything turns out the way it oughta, she thought.