Quotes About Becoming

A human is not a being; he is a becoming. He is an ongoing process – a possibility. For this possibility to be made use of, there is a whole system of understanding the mechanics of how this life functions and what we can do with it, which we refer to as yoga.

Deegan elaborated that the goal of such recovery "is not to become normal" or to "get mainstreamed," but to "embrace our human vocation of becoming more deeply, more fully human.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be. You are too young to know this. You are still becoming. Not being.

A becoming in which one never becomes, a becoming whose rule is neither evolution nor asymptote but a certain turning, a certain turning inward, turning into my own / turning on in / to my own self / at last / turning out of the / white cage, turning out of the / lady cage / turning at last.

Most people decide at some point that it is better … to be enthralled with what is impoverished or abusive than not to be enthralled at all and so to lose the condition of one's being and becoming.

This earth is the only constant in our lives. It has been here for millions of years before us. It was his gift to unearth its riches; that this human-come-lately is but the latest link in the chain of evolution. We must become aware of our present stage of becoming and to do this we need to look back at our history.

Fear is the process of the mind in the struggle of becoming. In becoming good there is the fear of evil; in becoming complete, there is the fear of loneliness.

Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death

I need my pain. Life is not about being comfortable. It is about becoming all you can be and doing all the good you can. Pain gives us invaluable lessons as we make that journey.

Adolescence is a stressful passage for even the most well-adjusted teenagers. It is the stage at which we must come to terms with our sexual bodies and all the anxieties and responsibilities of becoming an adult. This task is especially difficult for children who have been sexually abused, who feel ashamed and disgusted by their bodies and fear that becoming more sexually desirable will only put them at greater risk of victimization.

I keep wondering, how many people do you need to be, before you can become yourself.

A life worth living is one that is expanding, renewing, discovering, revealing and becoming.

A classroom . People trying to stick me in classrooms was becoming as predictable and annoying as people trying to kill me, but with less-fun results.

The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.

All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.

This old bastard was becoming my favorite person in Kongor who was not a buffalo.

This is the kingdom of God, the kingdom of danger and of risk, of eternal beginning and eternal becoming, of opened spirit and of deep realization, the kingdom of holy insecurity.

This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.

We are not Human Beings, we are humnan becomings

I have come to feel that the essence of life is not what it so often seems to be - working to have, working to get, working to possess. It's about becoming . It's about what's happening inside us.

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

Love is the wanting, and the having, and the choosing, and the becoming. Love is a desire to see the person we love be and become all he or she is capable of being and becoming. Love is a willingness to lay down our own personal plans, desires, and agenda for the good of the relationship. Love is delayed gratification, pleasure, and pain. Love is being able to live and thrive apart, but choosing to be together.

There is the possible in the organism. The embryo is not simple matter, but matter which refers to the future.