Sai Baba Quotes

Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.

In my new book, 'Birth,' my goal is to share the path I have traveled in the spiritual sphere and in the business and philanthropic sphere in order to reveal the essential connection between the two.

There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials.

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to, especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give up what they had before and cut themselves off from their lives, previous life as it were. But, I don't think that one should do that.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

I've learned a lot. I've seen a lot. I've grown a lot.

Spiritually, it's always there. It gets better and better all the time. One of these days I'll just finally release all that out.

Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

Every experience makes you grow.

Darkness is the only path to light. It is not our wonderful gifts that make us closer to God: it's using our garbage to transform ourselves. This is the key that unlocks the door that opens to God.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

I'm on a missionary journey to become the best version of myself.

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

For me, I try to see difficulties as a way of expanding and growing as a person inhabiting this planet.

I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here.

My journey through life has led me through both light and dark places, and it's because of those experiences that I have learned how to work through my character defects and to help others do the same.

Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like it or not, by accident or on purpose, so there is an 'inner you.' You have a spirit. And it's constantly being shaped and tugged at: by what you hear and watch and say and read and think and experience.

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.

The rest of us are still trying to find ways to live in the world with spirit-ual values. Myself included. We've learned certain skills, we've learned to prevail somewhat, but we've not made it over the mountain.

I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe who I am, first in my body, and then emotionally, and on to a kind of spiritual path.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.