Quotes About Growth

In every seed lies the promise of forest.

Life is like a tree and its root is consciousness. Therefore, once we tend the root, the tree as a whole will be healthy.

Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.

Walk with those seeking truth... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

You will be transformed by what you read.

If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

people are doing the best that they can from their own level of consciousness.

The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.

The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.

If we are creating ourselves all the time, then it is never too late to begin creating the bodies we want instead of the ones we mistakenly assume we are stuck with.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you. Evolution is win-win…life is self-correcting.

Don't let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.

Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.

When the pain of being the same becomes greater than the pain of being different, you change.

Don't follow someone else's map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to those that bring progress yet remaining open to changes in yourself.

The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal.

The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.

Begin by asking yourself, "What message is the universe giving me? What can I learn from this experience, and how can I make it useful to my fellow human beings?

In order to live the life we desire, and set the intention for greater happiness and more meaningful connections with others, we have to release the hold that our past has on us.