“The individual who is aware of the emotional ascent of the soul and wishes to understand it better, should bear in mind that progress is always slow. Some of the soul’s greatest gains come as the result of mistakes and even failures. The struggle of man’s inner Self for liberation from the ego is an age-old problem, difficult to overcome, but as long as the individual can honestly feel that he is going in the right direction, there is no cause for dismay.”

~ Manly P. Hall, “The Basic Ideas of Man: The Emotional Ascent of Soul”