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.

The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.

Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.

The will to grow is, in essence, the same phenomenon as love. Genuinely loving people are, by definition, growing people.

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.

We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.

Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.