No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
-Gautama Buddha "Gautama Buddha"
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Who knows this truly, and who will now declare it, what paths lead together to the gods? Only their lowest aspects of existence are seen, who exist on supreme, mystical planes.
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
God can be realised through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organised; nor should any organisation be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path.
To have a body is to suffer. Those who understand this, detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
Coincidences mean you're on the right path.
-Simon Van Booy
"Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories"
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own first.
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
-Frank A. Clark