Quotes About Renewal

No matter how glorious the past, choosing to live there is choosing to live in a tomb. Live in New Life!

You're my one good thing now.

Still, she experienced a pang, like a spasm in an organ that had been removed or a cramp in a phantom limb. It faded quickly, and she knew that was the last pain of its kind she would feel. A woman much like her had once loved a man who looked like him. Neither of those people existed anymore.

spring From this

Hay que ser tan viejo como la Creación, y al mismo tiempo tan joven como si aún no se hubiera nacido... Hay que entregarse, abandonarse. Hay que perderse y volverse a encontrar. Las llamas del alma no deben apagarse nunca. ¡Hay que arder sin cesar, hay que quemarse y apagarse y volverse a encender!

In these latter-day, Degenerate times, Cherry-blossoms everywhere!

Those who wish to transform the world must be able to transform themselves.

Surely God causes the seed and the stone to sprout He brings forth the living from the dead, and He is the bringer forth of the dead from the living.

As you know, things change. People die. Everything changes.

Letting go does not have to be just because of a death. People lose many things they once believed they would have forever.... Let go. I guarantee that you will not fall

I personally believe that when we receive Christ, every curse, no matter its origin, should automatically be broken over our lives. We have become a new creation and old things have passed away. We have been given a new heart and a new mind. We are of the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ.

As the Holy Spirit restores us, He trains our wills to choose thoughts, values and behaviors that bring Him praise.

Creative destruction.

Like God's mercies are new every day, the scent of rain washes away what's old and begins fresh.

I say folks who hang on to the past miss their chance for a future.

A searing, cleansing, enveloping love blew her heart into a million tiny pieces and reshaped it.

in reality only a change in the attitude of the individual can bring about a renewal in the spirit of nations. Everything begins with the individual.

I am the true medicine [says Wisdom], correcting and transmuting that which is no longer into that which it was before its corruption, and that which is not into that which it ought to be." * (Ibid., p. 459).

It's hard to walk briskly at this time of year; the accelerating pace of unfolding spring slows my own. I repeatedly stop- to watch what's moving. Soon the torrent of migrants will completely overwhelm my ability to keep up with all the changes. But it's easy to revel in the exuberance and the sense of rebirth, renewal.

Lay me on an anvil, O God.Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.Let me pry loose old walls.Let me lift and loosen old foundations.

the sun is using up its combustible hydrogen and will eventually exhaust it and extinguish. The sun too is getting older, and in fact produces heat. The moon also appears to orbit Earth unchangingly and always equal to itself, whereas in reality it is slowly moving away. This is because it raises tides, and the tides heat the sea a little, thus exchanging energy with the moon.

Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.

Minha mão está suja; Preciso cortá-la. Não adianta lavar. A água está podre.

Amor é cada dia Outro sem deixar de ser o Antigo, e são muitos outros concentrados e não compendiados na potencialidade de amar. Assim sendo, recomendo e requeiro e decreto que todos os dias do ano sejam Dias do Amor, e não mais disso ou daquilo, como erradamente se convencionou e precisa ser corrigido. Tenho dito. Cumpra-se." Carlos Drummond de Andrade, in 'O Poder Ultrajovem