--- title: "14 Way Quotes By Ken Wilber" description: "14 Way quotes by Ken Wilber. Plus more from Ken Wilber and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/ken-wilber-1886_way_there-is-a-way-out-but-the-way-out-is-re_1176311.jpg" --- > [There is a way out, but the way out is really a way within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/there-is-a-way-out-but-the-way-out-is-really-a-way-within/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/ken-wilber-1886_way_there-is-a-way-out-but-the-way-out-is-re_1176311.jpg) > [In Democracy, man exploits man; in Communism, it's the other way round.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/in-democracy-man-exploits-man-in-communism-it-s-the-other-way-round/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/ken-wilber-1886_communism_in-democracy-man-exploits-man-in-communi_1974901.jpg) > [The single greatest world transformation would simply be the embrace of global reasonableness and pluralistic tolerance the global embrace of egoic-rationality (on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/the-single-greatest-world-transformation-would-simply-be-the-embrace/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/ken-wilber-1886_change_the-single-greatest-world-transformation_2332090.jpg) > [Love is a time-honored way to transcend the separate-self sense and leap into the sublime; Treya and I held hands, closed our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/love-is-a-time-honored-way-to-transcend-the-separate-self-sense-and/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/ken-wilber-1886_eye_love-is-a-time-honored-way-to-transcend_1683262.jpg) > [But the real intent of my writing is not to say, you must think in this way. The real intent is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/but-the-real-intent-of-my-writing-is-not-to-say-you-must-think-in/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/ken-wilber-1886_ads_but-the-real-intent-of-my-writing-is-not_1548082.jpg) > [An integral approach is based on one basic idea: no human mind can be 100% wrong. Or, we might say, nobody is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/an-integral-approach-is-based-on-one-basic-idea-no-human-mind-can-be/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/ken-wilber-1886_answers_an-integral-approach-is-based-on-one-bas_1682736.jpg) > [If Spirit has any meaning, it must be omnipresent, or all-pervading and all-encompassing. There can't be a place where Spirit is not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/if-spirit-has-any-meaning-it-must-be-omnipresent-or-all-pervading-and/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/ken-wilber-1886_awareness_if-spirit-has-any-meaning-it-must-be-omn_44700.jpg) > [One of the extraordinary things about awakening is that it carries with it the realization that there is only Spirit. Even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/one-of-the-extraordinary-things-about-awakening-is-that-it-carries/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/ken-wilber-1886_awakening_one-of-the-extraordinary-things-about-aw_3050676.jpg) > [Conscious business.. business that is conscious of inner and outer worlds.. would therefore be business that takes into account body, mind, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/conscious-business-business-that-is-conscious-of-inner-and-outer/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/ken-wilber-1886_accounts_conscious-business-business-that-is-cons_2789845.jpg) > [THE ULTIMATE METAPHYSICAL SECRET, if we dare state it so simply, is that there are no boundaries in the universe. Boundaries are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/the-ultimate-metaphysical-secret-if-we-dare-state-it-so-simply-is/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/ken-wilber-1886_boundaries_the-ultimate-metaphysical-secret-if-we-d_2017728.jpg) > [Meditation was invented as a way for the soul to venture inward, there ultimately to find supreme identity with Godhead. Whatever else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/meditation-was-invented-as-a-way-for-the-soul-to-venture-inward-there/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/ken-wilber-1886_beneficial_meditation-was-invented-as-a-way-for-the_394740.jpg) > [The Yoga of the Dream State has always held to be one of the fastest, most efficient ways of reaching a plateau…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/the-yoga-of-the-dream-state-has-always-held-to-be-one-of-the-fastest/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/ken-wilber-1886_adaptation_the-yoga-of-the-dream-state-has-always-h_285710.jpg) > [..I sought a world philosophy-or an integral philosophy-that would believably weave together the many pluralistic contexts of science, morals, aesthetics, Eastern as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/i-sought-a-world-philosophy-or-an-integral-philosophy-that-would/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/ken-wilber-1886_aesthetics_i-sought-a-world-philosophy-or-an-integr_2478955.jpg) > [There are several different meanings of the words religion and spirituality, all of which are important. The whole point about an integral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/there-are-several-different-meanings-of-the-words-religion-and/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/ken-wilber-1886_approach_there-are-several-different-meanings-of_1124235.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Ken Wilber > [A language possesses utility only insofar as it can construct conventional boundaries. A language of no boundaries is no language at all, and thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/a-language-possesses-utility-only-insofar-as-it-can-construct/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Gaia's main problems are not industrialization, ozone depletion, overpopulation, or resource depletion. Gaia's main problem is the lack of mutual understanding and mutual agreement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/gaia-s-main-problems-are-not-industrialization-ozone-depletion/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [If Spirit has any meaning, it must be omnipresent, or all-pervading and all-encompassing. There can't be a place where Spirit is not, or it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/if-spirit-has-any-meaning-it-must-be-omnipresent-or-all-pervading-and/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Evolution occurs in the world of time and space and form, whereas Spirit's primordial nature is finally timeless and Formless, prior to the of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/evolution-occurs-in-the-world-of-time-and-space-and-form-whereas/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [The most striking feature of the perennial philosophy/psychology is that it presents being and consciousness as a hierarchy of dimensional levels, moving from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/the-most-striking-feature-of-the-perennial-philosophy-psychology-is/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Is this a topic whose time has truly come? The integration of science and religion? Or have I just written a clever book that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/is-this-a-topic-whose-time-has-truly-come-the-integration-of-science/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [In other words, the real problem is not exterior. The real problem is interior. The real problem is how to get people to internally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/in-other-words-the-real-problem-is-not-exterior-the-real-problem-is/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Authentic spirituality... does not render the self content, it renders it undone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/authentic-spirituality-does-not-render-the-self-content-it-renders-it/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [When it comes to spiritual teachers, there are those safe, gentle, consoling, soothing, caring; and there are the outlaws, the living terrors, the Rude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/when-it-comes-to-spiritual-teachers-there-are-those-safe-gentle/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Conscious means "having an awareness of one's inner and outer worlds; mentally perceptive, awake, mindful." So "conscious business" might mean, engaging in an occupation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/conscious-means-having-an-awareness-of-one-s-inner-and-outer-worlds/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [I believe that evidence shows that there is a real spirit, a real Beach, but it is beneath no pavement whatsoever, for all pavements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/i-believe-that-evidence-shows-that-there-is-a-real-spirit-a-real/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Furthermore, it is not that Spirit is present but you need to be enlightened in order to see it. It is not that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/furthermore-it-is-not-that-spirit-is-present-but-you-need-to-be/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Authentic spirituality is revolutionary. It does not legitimate the world, it breaks the world; it does not console the world, it shatters it. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/authentic-spirituality-is-revolutionary-it-does-not-legitimate-the/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [What's my philosophy? In a word, integral. And what on earth — or in heaven — do I mean by integral? The dictionary meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/what-s-my-philosophy-in-a-word-integral-and-what-on-earth-or-in/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) > [Matter begins evolving back to Spirit and, when it's reached, the whole process begins over again for the billionth time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/matter-begins-evolving-back-to-spirit-and-when-it-s-reached-the-whole/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/ken-wilber/#itemlist", "name": "14 Way Quotes By Ken Wilber", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a way out, but the way out is really a way within.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Wilber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/there-is-a-way-out-but-the-way-out-is-really-a-way-within/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/ken-wilber-1886_way_there-is-a-way-out-but-the-way-out-is-re_1176311.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/ken-wilber-1886_way_there-is-a-way-out-but-the-way-out-is-re_1176311.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/ken-wilber-1886_way_there-is-a-way-out-but-the-way-out-is-re_1176311.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is a way out, but the way out is really a way within.” — Ken Wilber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Democracy, man exploits man; in Communism, it's the other way round.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Wilber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/in-democracy-man-exploits-man-in-communism-it-s-the-other-way-round/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/ken-wilber-1886_communism_in-democracy-man-exploits-man-in-communi_1974901.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/ken-wilber-1886_communism_in-democracy-man-exploits-man-in-communi_1974901.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/ken-wilber-1886_communism_in-democracy-man-exploits-man-in-communi_1974901.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Democracy, man exploits man; in Communism, it's the other way round.” — Ken Wilber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The single greatest world transformation would simply be the embrace of global reasonableness and pluralistic tolerance the global embrace of egoic-rationality (on the way to centauric vision-logic).", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Wilber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/the-single-greatest-world-transformation-would-simply-be-the-embrace/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/ken-wilber-1886_change_the-single-greatest-world-transformation_2332090.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/ken-wilber-1886_change_the-single-greatest-world-transformation_2332090.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/ken-wilber-1886_change_the-single-greatest-world-transformation_2332090.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The single greatest world transformation would simply be the embrace of global reasonableness and…” — Ken Wilber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is a time-honored way to transcend the separate-self sense and leap into the sublime; Treya and I held hands, closed our eyes, and jumped.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Wilber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/love-is-a-time-honored-way-to-transcend-the-separate-self-sense-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/ken-wilber-1886_eye_love-is-a-time-honored-way-to-transcend_1683262.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/ken-wilber-1886_eye_love-is-a-time-honored-way-to-transcend_1683262.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/ken-wilber-1886_eye_love-is-a-time-honored-way-to-transcend_1683262.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is a time-honored way to transcend the separate-self sense and leap into the sublime; Treya and I held…” — Ken Wilber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But the real intent of my writing is not to say, you must think in this way. 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Put differently, conscious business would be mindful of the way that the spectrum of consciousness operates in the Big Three worlds of self and culture and nature.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ken Wilber" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/conscious-business-business-that-is-conscious-of-inner-and-outer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/ken-wilber-1886_accounts_conscious-business-business-that-is-cons_2789845.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/ken-wilber-1886_accounts_conscious-business-business-that-is-cons_2789845.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/ken-wilber-1886_accounts_conscious-business-business-that-is-cons_2789845.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Conscious business.. business that is conscious of inner and outer worlds.. would therefore be business that…” — Ken Wilber", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "THE ULTIMATE METAPHYSICAL SECRET, if we dare state it so simply, is that there are no boundaries in the universe. 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