Judith Wright Quotes

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's.

I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it.

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.

I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation.

We will not find the inner strength to evolve to a higher level if we do not inwardly develop this profound feeling that there is something higher than ourselves.

Prince didn't want to celebrate birthdays but to live life, to elevate and educate to the next level of enlightenment.

My journey is not to be a star but to become as aware a person as possible.

I'm really into Deepak Chopra and self-help books.

The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.

Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments.

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.

I don’t think there’s any problem with advancing consciousness and becoming more and more aware of the struggle, not with the world, not to convince other people to do anything. The really interesting think is the struggle with the self, and the relation with the self, and there is no end to the improvement that can be done there, the discoveries that can be made.

Anybody who says that love is a hindrance on the path of self-realization is not a sage.

If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.

So your first job is to work on yourself. The greatest thing you can do for another human being is to get your own house in order and find your true spiritual heart.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act.

There's more to life than physical and material.

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.

The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.