Quotes About Development

Ken Wilber described the later stages of life well when he said that the classic spiritual journey always begins elitist and ends egalitarian. Always!

We are a "first-half-of-life culture," largely concerned about surviving successfully. Probably most cultures and individuals across history have been situated in the first half of their own development up to now

The second insight about steps and stages is that from your own level of development, you can only stretch yourself to comprehend people just a bit beyond yourself.

he'd have to improve significantly to achieve mediocrity.

old textile mill, which was in the process of being

You can't make a writer without first making a reader, and that's what my mother made me.

You can't make a writer without first making a reader, and that is what my mother made me.

the politics of the far-right – what it is, the social constituencies from which it tends to draw its support and the ideological devices it uses – are intimately connected to the type of society, politics and conflicts, and insecurities bequeathed by capitalist development.

See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.

materialism takes root in early childhood, and is driven mainly by low self-esteem.

Everyone has one system they use and one they are building, but most do not see the bigger picture of the system they are in.

Self-aware learners create exceptional performances.

Fixing feels like motion, but is not always progress.

How am I ever going to know all the stuff I need to know? I mean, I need to learn everything. " "Tonight?" Etienne kept a perfectly straight face. "I'm not sure I'm up to it.

It is a gradual kind of strengthening. It takes a long time to see how the losses build you up, rather than strip you down and wear you away.

Sometimes small things can become very large, indeed.

Everything living deserves a chance to grow.

The smallest seedlings, Demeter often told me, grow into century oaks.

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

One learns by doing

Your journey has shaped you, made you both kind and great.

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that's how we learn.

When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.