Edgar Cayce Quotes

The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you

If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential.

Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path

The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.

We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

For me, everyone has good and bad qualities. I feel you must not always look at the bad qualities but also focus on the good ones, because we all have flaws.

The first step to loving someone else is to recognize the evil in ourselves, so we can forgive them.

From the standpoint of our spiritual development, it might be important for us to realize that we came from an unknown somewhere; we brought with us an attained state of consciousness; and while we are here, we are expanding that consciousness. From some perspectives, it may seem that we are making giant strides, but from the greater overview, our quantity of spiritual knowledge is smaller than Ptolemy's knowledge of astronomy!

Relationships are part of a vast plan for our enlightenment, the Holy Spirit's blueprint by which each individual soul is led to greater awareness and expanded love. Relationships are the Holy Spirit's laboratories in which he brings together people who have the maximal opportunity for mutual growth.

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?

And I believe that I will never be able to hate any human being for his so-called 'wickedness,' that I shall only hate the evil that is within me, though hate is perhaps putting it too strongly even then. In any case, we cannot be lax enough in what we demand of others and strict enough in what we demand of ourselves.

The inner life of any great thing will be incomprehensible to me until I develop and deepen an inner life of my own.

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

Spiritual maturity does not mean that we will never make wrong plans. In fact, spiritual maturity often means having the courage to admit we've made the wrong plans.

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.

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

In our relations with the people around us, we forgive them more readily for what they do, which they can help, than for what they are, which they cannot help.

No circumstances can ever make or mar the unfolding of the spiritual life. Spirituality does not depend upon the environment; it depends upon one's attitude towards life.