“He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge repeats with deep conviction the words uttered by the patriarch Abraham when he was granted the manifestation of God: 'I am dust and ashes' (Gen. 18:27).” Has BeensChristianSpiritualLove IsProgressDivineProudConvictionDustGrantedManifestationRepeatsOrthodoxAshesOrthodox ChristianAbrahamSpiritual ProgressPatriarch Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. Learn to become wise. Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. The real spiritual progress of the meditator is measured by the extent to which they achieve inner tranquility and freedom from desire.” GivingMindRealSpiritualDesireWiseProgressAchieveDutyGiving UpTemptationDeceptionTranquilityRise AboveSpiritual Progress Author:Sivananda
“Without humility, all spiritual progress stops.” SpiritualProgressHumilityBuddhismBuddhistEtiquetteSpiritual Progress Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is with a rush of home-sickness that the thought of death presents itself.... Such sentiment is the eternal stock of all religions, modified indeed by changes of time and place, but indestructible, because its root is so deep in the earth of man's nature. The breath of religious initiators passes over them; a few "rise up with wings as eagles" [Isaiah 40:31], but the broad level of religious life is not permanently changed. Religious progress, like all purely spiritual progress, is confined to a few.” MenHomeEarthSpiritualLife IsDeathReligionReligiousLevelsProgressChangedEternalRootsBreathsWingsSicknessSentimentsBroadsEaglesConfinedHomesicknessIndestructibleReligious LifeSpiritual ProgressThoughts Of Death Author:Walter Pater
“Nothing of that which is conducive to help man, collectively or individually, to live not "happily" but less unhappily in this world, ought to be indifferent to the Theosophist-Occultist. It is no concern of his whether his help benefits a man in his worldly or spiritual progress; his first duty is to be ever ready to help if he can, without stopping to philosophize.” IfsMenWorldFirstsHelpingSpiritualProgressThis WorldReadyDutyOughtBenefitsConcernIndifferentStoppingWorldlySpiritual Progress Author:H. P. Blavatsky
“The study of mathematics is the indispensable basis for all intellectual and spiritual progress.” SpiritualStudyProgressIntellectualBasesMathematicsIndispensableSpiritual Progress Author:Francis Cornford
“You might wish to try Kali's mantra. Kali is another celestial being. She offers very fast spiritual progress through intensity. Her mantra is "Kring!" When you chant Kring, chant it very intensely and sharply. Only chant Kring when you are in a high meditation.” TryingMightSpiritualWishMeditationProgressBuddhismOffersIntensityCelestialMantrasSpiritual ProgressKali Author:Frederick Lenz
“Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress.” WorldHas BeensSpiritualProgressConditionsFleshSpiritualismMortificationSpiritual Progress Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.” PeopleIfsWantShowsSpiritualStepsProgressExampleInspireRaisesPreachingThreateningLaddersIndicationDeductionsConspiringSpiritual Progress Author:Ameen Rihani