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Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. -- Mary Antin
The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one. -- M. Scott Peck
I'm just telling you, God permits things in our lives sometimes for reasons that we do not understand yet because of the spiritual level that we're on. We can't have any understanding of it, because we're not at a place of spiritual growth yet where we understand the deeper things of God. -- Joyce Meyer
The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. -- M. Scott Peck
The first step toward spiritual growth is to become aware of your emotions. -- Gary Zukav
The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are. -- Adyashanti
Whatever materializes worship hinders man's spiritual growth and keeps him from demonstrating his power over error. -- Mary Baker Eddy
Spiritual growth requires the development of inner knowing and inner authority. It requires the heart, not the intellect. -- Gary Zukav
Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one. -- Marianne Williamson
Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love. -- M. Scott Peck
With spiritual growth comes new creative potential, leading to the realization that you are pure potential, able to fill any creative impulse. -- Deepak Chopra
The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth -- Charles Stanley
If we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to love, we are looking for spiritual growth. -- Ayya Khema
The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth. -- M. Scott Peck
Spiritual growth depends on two things: first a willingness to live according to the Word of God; second, a willingness to take whatever consequences emerge as a result. -- Sinclair B. Ferguson
Synchronistic events offer us perceptions that may be useful in our psychological and spiritual growth and may reveal to us, through intuitive knowledge, that our lives have meaning. -- Jean Shinoda Bolen
The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles of the Gospel, and in promoting peace and spiritual growth. -- Heber J. Grant
Many conflicts in a marriage result from living to please self instead of living to please the Lord. These conflicts can be resolved and are actually opportunities for spiritual growth when dealt with in a biblical manner. -- John C. Broger
If education recognizes the intrinsic value of the child's personality and provides an environment suited to spiritual growth, we have the revelation of an entirely new child whose astonishing characteristics can eventually contribute to the betterment of the world. -- Maria Montessori
Biblical convictions are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. What is ironic today is that people often have strong convictions about weak issues (football, fashion, etc.) while having weak convictions about major issues (what is right and what is wrong). -- Rick Warren
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. -- Mary Antin
Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth. Once we begin to understand this, and accept it as a spiritual fact of life, adversity becomes easier to bear. -- Charles Stanley
Spiritual Partnership ... The new female and the new male are partners on a journey of spiritual growth. They want to make the journey. Their love and trust keep them together. Their intuition guides them. They consult with each other. They are friends. They laugh a lot. They are equals. That is what a spiritual partnership is: a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. -- Gary Zukav
Spiritual growth and spirituality always seem suspect to some people. -- Marianne Williamson
Change is growth. For me it has been a very spiritual and musical rebirth. -- Lenny Kravitz
Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. -- Morihei Ueshiba
I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening. -- Mariel Hemingway
The people who misuse the Sabbath lose the blessings of spiritual food and growth promised to those who keep this commandment. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
The very fact that we find it hard to conceive of an alternative to limitless economic growth is an indication of our spiritual condition. -- Stanley Hauerwas
People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day. -- Marianne Williamson
I know that Julia has been given to me for my spiritual growth, and this moment is perfect for us both. I know that I love her, and I know she's my soul mate. -- Kenny Loggins
A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves. -- Gary Zukav
In retrospect, I'm grateful for the break-up of my marriage because it forced me to deal with all the buried issues I probably wouldn't have otherwise faced. I'm a better, kinder, happier person today because of the spiritual and emotional growth I've experienced. -- Alana Stewart
One trend I see is the rejection of growth for self-discovery and the pursuit of authentic community. So we keep whittling our spiritual community to a smaller and smaller and more exclusive inner circle. The problem is if the diagnoses are wrong, so will be the cure. -- Erwin McManus
I solemnly declare that this spiritual kingdom of faith will move forward with or without each of us individually. No unhallowed hand can stay the growth of the Church nor prevent fulfillment of its mission. Any of us can be left behind, drawn away by the seductive voices of secularism and materialism. -- James E. Faust
My happiness is not dependent on others; it comes from within. Spiritual growth in a person is never encouraged, but it is important. I don't know why people want to judge others instead of doing their own thing. I firmly feel that I don't need to follow or live according to other people's rules. I like living life the way I want to. -- Sonu Nigam
Spiritual growth is the only real growth -- Shri Radhe Maa
Every challenge is an opportunity for spiritual growth. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Eagerly examine the Scriptures daily for spiritual growth. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path -- Sivananda
Complacency is easy...and it is a deadly foe of spiritual growth. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth. -- M. Scott Peck
Spiritual entrepreneurship is the unsung route to growth in the modern economy. -- Ted Malloch
Spiritual partnership is the partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. -- Gary Zukav
At every stage of spiritual growth, the greatest ally you have is your body. -- Deepak Chopra
Emotions are messengers that carry information. Spiritual growth depends upon receiving that information & using it. -- Gary Zukav
A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth. -- Peace Pilgrim
The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth. -- Gabrielle Bernstein
Spiritual growth is marked by a growing realization of just how much grace you need. -- Tullian Tchividjian
Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth. -- Nouman Ali Khan
Many people find spiritual growth possible only when times are hard; prosperity tends to promote complacency. -- Max Anders
Many people are so poor that the only thing they have is money. Cultivate your spiritual growth. -- Rodolfo Costa
Humility is the most important quality in the spiritual life. When it is lacking spiritual growth stops. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth. -- David Fontana
Physical strength (hard work), mental strength (perseverance) and spiritual strength (love & acceptance) are the keys to continuous growth. -- Rickson Gracie
You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited. -- Barbara Marciniak
It is not sex per se - your identification with the body is the impediment to your spiritual growth. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Half of spiritual growth is learning what we don't know. The other half is unlearning what we do know. -- Mark Batterson
If increased meta-knowledge is not counter-balanced by a corresponding growth in consciousness then the likelihood of psycho-spiritual dysfunction is great. -- Eckhart Tolle
In love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we are to the spiritual experience. -- Paulo Coelho
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. -- M. Scott Peck
The pastor who cares about the spiritual growth of his people must make God and His Word the centerpiece of his ministry. -- Steven J. Law
Love is the real work of your life. It is your spiritual path. It is the key to your growth and evolution. -- Robert Holden
Heartbreak makes us stronger; it's an opportunity for spiritual growth. How can you understand someone else's pain if you have not yourself suffered? -- Sandra Cisneros
When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one. -- Paul Brunton
Growth follows knowledge; action follows inspiration; opportunity follows perception; always the spiritual first, then the transformation into the infinite and illimitable possibilities of achievement. -- Charles F. Haanel
Becoming adept at the process of self inquiry and symbolic insight is a vital spiritual task that leads to the growth of faith in oneself. -- Caroline Myss
Spiritual growth thrives in the midst of our problems, not in their absence. Spiritual growth occurs in the trenches of life, not in the classroom. -- Mike Yaconelli
Spiritual growth-looking inward-is replacing the pursuit of external power-reaching outward to manipulate and control-as the cure for the insecurity at the core of human experience. -- Gary Zukav
Fear is an acid which is pumped into one's atmosphere. It causes mental, moral and spiritual asphyxiation, and sometimes death; death to energy and all growth. -- Horace Fletcher
Real spiritual growth is always growth downward, so to speak, into profounder humility, which in healthy souls will become more and more apparent as they age. -- J. I. Packer
It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental, or spiritual. Work has no substitute. -- J. Reuben Clark
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. -- Edwin Percy Whipple
It is imperative that we do not fear challenges that we have attracted to promote our growth. Every obstacle we encounter is an opportunity for spiritual evolution. -- Dannion Brinkley
True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else's love, it's generally because it is a counterfeit form of love. -- John Bradshaw
Work can provide the opportunity for spiritual and personal, as well as financial, growth. If it doesn't, we're wasting far too much of our lives on it. -- James Autry
Although spiritual growth puts our wills to the test, after the battle has been won, we recognize that the Lord is the true victor in the struggle. -- Max Anders
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near. -- Teresa of Avila
If we have a heart to learn and a willingness to follow the example of children, their divine attributes can hold a key to unlocking our own spiritual growth. -- Jean A. Stevens
The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process. -- Yvon Chouinard
Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at its won unhurried pace. -- Brian Weiss
Becoming integrated and whole is the spiritual path. The body is your vehicle. Your job is to learn about yourself from your experiences and change yourself. This is spiritual growth. -- Gary Zukav
The history of the creative progress of individual artists shows that, along with their spiritual growth and the increasing complexity of their inner life, their forms of expression become more complex. -- Mieczyslaw Jastrun
I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same. -- M. Scott Peck
Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is the outcome depends on your response. -- Dalai Lama
At the soul level, we get precisely what we need in our lives for our spiritual growth. How we judge what we get determines whether we experience life as painful or joyful. -- Colin Tipping
The widespread assumption that ethical behavior takes the fun out of life is false. In actuality, living ethically ensures that relationships in our lives, including encounters with strangers, nurture our spiritual growth. -- bell hooks
Of all the definitions of love that abound in our universe, a special favorite of mine is "the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth". -- bell hooks
So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual. -- Howard G. Hendricks
Spiritual growth is like childbirth: you dilate, then you contract, you dilate, then you contract again. as painful as it all feels, it's the necessary rhythm for reaching the ultimate goal of total openness. -- Marianne Williamson
Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved. -- M. Scott Peck
As my spiritual growth expanded and developed, voluntary simplicity was a natural outgrowth. I came to realize the cost of material accumulation was too high and offered fewer and fewer real rewards, psychological and spiritual. -- Duane Elgin

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