Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. 
- Chinese Proverb


Ask the experienced rather than the learned. 
- Arabic proverb


When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. 
- African Proverb

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 
- Chinese Proverb


These proverbs can, all of them, stand for the spiritually journey of everybody, but what's fantastic is, that you can see results very fast, once you start the change within, even the people around you starts to change only in being in contact with you, you cannot force upon anyone the knowledge you've gained, no need to anyway, everybody has his/her own path and own freewill, it is their choice, but in being with you, the person who's ascending spiritually, they absorb without being aware of it, the invisible "highness" of your soul, as all souls are connected.