He should not be discouraged because others have gone ahead on the path more
quickly than he, any more than he should be gratified because some have gone
ahead more slowly than he, for the fact is that the goal he seeks is already
within his grasp. He is the Overself that he seeks to unite with, and the
time it seems to take to realize this is itself an illusion of the mind. Let
him, therefore, go forward at his own rate and within the limits of his own
strength, leaving the result in the hands of God.

~ Paul Brunton

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