Gary Zukav Quotes

I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn through.

This planet is a divine school, and daily life a classroom. Our choice of teachers depends on what we need to learn.

How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?

I've always been interested in past lives, because they're earmarks of what creates us.

The soul is the lure of our becoming.

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

In the school of the spirit, man learns wisdom through humility.

Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.

Emotions are classes in the Earth school. Some classes are about fear, and some are about love. The Universe is your tutor, and your classroom is your life. The main course in the Earth school, Authentic Power, is the same for everyone, but different students need different courses in order to complete it.

Everything that comes our way is so we can grow and evolve, and if we look at it like that, then we have the great opportunity to step into who we always wanted to be.

No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.

The evolution of one's own soul is a process. It's not a quick fix. It's not a five-day workshop. It's a lifetime process where we let go, discover and then allow for futures to come into existence.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

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

I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

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

How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more.

My whole life has been one of seeking experience.

When the student is ready... the lesson appears.

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

Each one of us decides to incarnate upon this planet at a particular point in time and space. We have chosen to come here to learn a particular lesson that will advance us upon our spiritual, evolutionary pathway.

I've lived through what seems to most - and myself - many lives.

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.