Quotes about Path

A search always starts with Beginner's Luck and ends with the Test of the Conqueror.

For the warrior, there is no "better" or "worse"; everyone has the necessary gifts for his particular path.

No one spiritual path is better than another, although one may accept the universe's role in life more than another.

Living wisdom cannot be confined within words, but it can be hinted at through situations, much as a specific feature of an otherwise undistinguished landscape can often be discerned by following the path projected by a pointing finger. "Them that have ears, let them hear," said Jesus; whoever "hears" the inner import of words will be able to "see" their inward meaning.

Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading whenever I choose,
Henceforth I ask not good fortune, I am myself good fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticism,
Strong & Content I travel The Open Road.

I, ever knowing the living beings
Who tread the Path and those who do not
In response to those who may be saved
Preach to them a variety of dharmas,
Each time having this thought:
'How may I cause the beings
To contrive to enter the Unexcelled Path
and quickly to perfect the Buddha-body?'

Truth is perspective; absolute truth is ego.

A cucumber is bitter. - Throw it away. -
There briars in the road? - Turn aside from them.
This is enough.  Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?

If you do not commit to the path, then the path cannot commit to you.

Satsang is the greatest of all spiritual practices. Always be in the company of the realized teacher, the Master. Always be where the truth is being spoken and where the holy books are being read. The wisdom is being shared in these places. You'll see that some topic of wisdom will be important for you that day. It will help you on your spiritual path. Because of hearing these truths, your mind will open to a whole other level of consciousness.

Look within; you will see the truth of all questions.
Devotees must inquire and truth will come.
Seek there, not from here, what is what, and why, and from where!

Invenium Viam Aut Faciam. I shall find a way or make one.

Your "path" is the link between you and Great Spirit.  It is necessary to have a path in order for Great Spirit to gift you with a "vision".

Many of us search for the answers, but in truth they are all around us. We don't always know how to home in on them. Religion isn't a prerequisite to finding God. Religion is merely a path but there are many paths. Some may try to tell you that their way is the only way but that is more a device created by people who want to attract and keep followers to a religion than an actual fact.

"So let us go forward, quietly, each on his own path,
forever making for the light."
~~Vincent Van Gogh~

Ride the dragon.  Tread on the tiger's tail.  Effort bears fruit when joy and sorrow are one path.  Dedicate your work to the happiness of all beings.  Living and dying, the way is always the way.  (5 individual yet synergistic quotes from the same author.)

We each walk our own path. All paths lead to the same destination but different beings arrive at it at different times. Each path is like a mystery that unfolds as we travel it. The journey itself  is half the fun!

release for constructive purposes the power you already have, and more will come.  Move on your path with unflinching determination, using all the attributes of success.  Tune yourself with the creative power of spirit.

"He began to see that the key to liberation lay in each breath, each step, each small pebble along the path."

~Thich Nhat Hanh~

If you follow your heart you walk a path towards truth that leads directly into the arms of Sacred Mother Earth.

seeker of truth

follow no path

all paths lead where

truth is here.

"It is my hope that this book walks that fine line between respecting the uniqueness of your individual journey and speaking to that part of you that may need company as you set your foot on the path. My story only provides a template, but there may well be themes that resonate for you. Perhaps knowing someone went this way will invite you to walk a little bit further into your unique unknown."

If you seek the path to the truth, leave your ego at the start of your journey.

The Path of our life experience continues beyond death and all that is gained through life experience is returned to The Lord.

 We all walk a path in our life experience. If we are diligent and lucky, we receive and interpret the signs that are given to us correctly we find the path that we were meant to be on instead of taking a wrong turn and ending up on the wrong path.

We are all on separate paths. we may have others on our path with us from time to time, but we journey as individuals

Nobody else knows your reason for being. You do. Your bliss guides you to it. When you follow your bliss, when you follow your path to joy, your conversation is of joy, your feelings are of joy -- you're right on the path of that which you intended when you came forth into this physical body.

The assumption that the egoless condition, or union of self and God, is man's final goal and ultimate destiny is a great mistake. My purpose here is to affirm that the unitive state is a hidden path in itself, a movement in its own right that ultimately leads to no-self (no true-self and no-union). In short, the unitive state is the hidden path to no-self.

For most women, beauty and body issues are the easiest path to awakening, because the pain is so very close to the surface and the inner critic’s voice is the easiest to hear. The beauty of awakening is getting this, down to your bones, so that the world no longer needs to play our internal dramas on the backdrop of life. We can watch the drama as it comes and goes, maybe making a genuine wise crack, or just laughing at our own antics.

We stop looking to manifest abundance; we are abundance. Even without a job. Even when you give away the majority of what you create. Even when there is no one but ourselves standing at the finish line to thank us for doing out part to help save the world.

The shaman knows that the soul’s urge toward beauty is not about perfect symmetry and mainstream approval. It is not about opening doors in business, or snagging the right mate, or fitting in at the A-list parties. The shaman knows that beauty is about opening doors to joy, snagging the moment, and fitting into your own life. She knows beauty is not something to buy. It is a path, a way of living and being in the world. The only path and the only way, if you want to keep dancing and singing.