Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Family and Community: (p. 35)
The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996
“What is it to make progress in religion? Progress is not only action but moving onward. A door turning upon its hinges is in a state of motion, but it never advances. A chariot moving upon wheels is not only in motion, but goes onward. The conduct of some persons in religion resembles the former — there is action, but no advancement; they move, but it is on hinges, not on wheels.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 564.
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