Steve Ross Quotes

Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And when you do, you'll be free at last.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.

Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.

The sacred duty of being an individual is to gradually learn how to live so as to awaken the eternal within you.

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

Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain.

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome.

One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.

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

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.

Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.

I have achieved an inner freedom.

Now I know that this energy within me is seeking more than the mate or the profession or the religion - more even than pleasure or power or meaning. It is seeking more of me; or better, it is, thank God, releasing more of me.

Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.

Accepting all that you are will lead you to live your best life and will allow you to be free and your true authentic self.

In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this is. We can touch with great compassion the pain from the contracted identities that we and others have created in the world.

Every practice at some point will become a hindrance. No practice can ever take you there, to freedom, to liberation. That's important to realize.

Inch by inch I conquered the inner terrain I was born with. Bit by bit I reclaimed the swamp in which I'd languished. I gave birth to my infinite being, but I had to wrench myself out of me with forceps.

Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.

Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees.

The authentic self is the best part of a human being. It's the part of you that already cares, that is already passionate about evolution. When your authentic self miraculously awakens and becomes stronger than your ego, then you will truly begin to make a difference in this world. You will literally enter into a partnership with the creative principle.

Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.

The wholeness and freedom we seek is our true nature, who we really are.

When a woman falls in love with the magnificent possibilities within herself, the forces that would limit those possibilities hold less and less sway over her.