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Quotes About Change

Each moment is a fruit of the past and seed of future.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Such is the nature of man-made laws: ignorant of the past and insensitive to the present.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The world may be ever-changing and full of uncertainties, but walking away is not the answer. World-rejection, according to the epic, is dangerous and destructive.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The Gita does not speak of changing the world. It speaks of appreciating the world that is always changing. Belief in one life makes us want to change the world, control it or resign to the way things are. Belief in rebirth enables us to appreciate all three possibilities, without clinging to any.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
journey from knowing to becoming is the journey of transformation from Ravana to Ram.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Every event in our life is determined by past actions. So every moment is as it is supposed to be. But it is possible to change one's fate and fortunes. The dance of Prakriti can change if Purusha intervenes. For that one has to invoke Purusha through acts of determination that demonstrate desire and devotion.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Life is like a river. You can struggle to change its course but ultimately it will go its own way. Bathe
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
In Hinduism, dharma means realizing our potential: changing ourselves into the best we theoretically can be. What is that? Humans
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
And I am Somvati, father,' said the woman. 'Your daughter. I apologize for hurting you. I apologize for becoming a woman. But had I not became a woman, you would never have become my father.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
peculiar human trait of trying to solve a problem through external means without bringing about any internal transformation.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
the social body also needs to die and be reborn, locate itself in the new structure.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Serpents are symbols of change and renewal. Like the earth they renew their fertility by replacing old skin with new. Since they could slither above and below the earth, they were considered keepers of the earth's secrets and hence symbols of occult lore.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Belief in one life makes us want to change the world, control it or resign to the way things are. Belief in rebirth enables us to appreciate all three possibilities, without clinging to any.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
No lesson is permanent. Wisdom thus is always work in progress.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Rules always change in times of war and in times of peace, as they do in times of fortune and misfortune.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Life is like a river. You can struggle to change its course but ultimately it will go its own way. Bathe in it, drink it, be refreshed by it, share it with everyone, but never fight it, never be swept away by its flow, and never get attached to it. Observe it. Learn from it.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
A banyan tree may offer shade and hold the promise of permanence, but it does not let even a blade of grass grow around it, nor does it provide life-sustaining fruit for man. The banana plant offers no shade but its rapid regenerative ability ensures it provides food to sustain the family. Snow may be still but cannot sustain life. To sustain life, it must melt, turn into a river and flow down the plains.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Vyasa draws attention to a peculiar human trait of trying to solve a problem through external means without bringing about any internal transformation.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
But the world is constantly changing. Things will never remain constant. If we focus only on the coming & going of fortune, we will always be anxious & frustrated. On the other hand, if we focus on learning with every rise & fall, we will keep growing & generating internal Shakti rather than depending on external Durga for our survival.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
This is a book for anyone undertaking an adventure and leaving behind a life that has been familiar, comfortable, and predictable.
~ Devin Brown
Some things are not meant to be forever. They are just meant to get us there. Every friendship, every job, every place we live, is just a bridge to learning something we need in order to become who we are to be. People leave us because their part in our journey is finished. We never complete anything without having a lesson to be learned. Good-byes always leave us with a piece missing, don't they? Change is always difficult.
~ Devon O'Day
Women did not stand by and watch these changes occur. They participated, tangentially and head on, in debates about history writing that effected change.
~ Devoney Looser
Pekerjaanmu kelak hanya penyambung nafkah, sebesar apapun kamu mencintainya, jangan takut untuk meninggalkan semua itu bila saatnya datang. Jangan ragu. Dirimu lebih besar dari yang kamu tahu
~ Dewi 'Dee' Lestari
Hidup tak pernah berakhir mati. Hidup hanya berganti wujud. Dan sepanjang perjalanan hidup, kau dan aku, kita semua, hanya berjalan menembusi satu tabir itu saja. -Rimba Amniotik-
~ Dewi Lestari