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title: "5 Spiritual Friends Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Spending your time with true spiritual friends will fill you with love for all beings and help you to see how negative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dilgo-khyentse-rinpoche/spending-your-time-with-true-spiritual-friends-will-fill-you-with/)

[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dilgo-khyentse-rinpoche/)

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> [Spend time with spiritual friends, those who seek light. Purity is gained through strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/spend-time-with-spiritual-friends-those-who-seek-light-purity-is/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/the-spiritual-path-is-not-a-solo-endeavor-in-fact-the-very-notion-of/)

[Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/tara-brach-1898_company_the-spiritual-path-is-not-a-solo-endeavo_860709.png)

> [When spiritual friends share their stories, the others listen without working. They rest. There’s nothing to fix, nothing to improve. A spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-crabb/when-spiritual-friends-share-their-stories-the-others-listen-without/)

[Larry Crabb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-crabb/)

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> [“Spiritual friends help us most when they make clear that their job is to point the way, not to lead the way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-g-benner/spiritual-friends-help-us-most-when-they-make-clear-that-their-job-is/)

[David G. Benner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-g-benner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/david-g-benner-26996_friends_spiritual-friends-help-us-most-when-they_2501368.jpg)

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