Ascent Quote by Morris Berman

Great spiritual traditions are used as a means to ripen us, to bring us face to face with our life, and to help us…

— Jack Kornfield

“I do not belong to any spiritual group or tradition. I am just interested in exploring what it means to live with open eyes.…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

Spiritual practices lead the aspirant toward divinity or inner experiences that further help to attain the final goal of life.

— Senoraroy

The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's constant desire…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily about reality...an…

— Parker J. Palmer

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.

— Rick Warren

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

— Sharon Salzberg

Every religious tradition on which we draw has a reverence for life. We are a part of an intricate web of life. Every tradition…

— Peter Morales

At the heart of each spiritual tradition is the question of how to be in the world without losing what matters, and whether living…

— Mark Nepo

A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint of art'…

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

Traditional spirituality often made pleasure, joy, good feelings. the things to overcome. It said you couldn't just indulge in your desires; that would be…

— Charles Eisenstein

Experience supplies painful proof that traditions once called into being are first called useful, then they become necessary. At last they are too often…

— J. C. Ryle