Quotes About Change

Even when circumstances turn for the very worst," continued his visitor, "we can still find fresh opportunities.

in fact the only thing that really matters is inner transformation.

Wisdom is what happens when our understanding of a thing deepens to the point that it changes our behaviour.

Apart from concept," he confirmed, "there is no self. It is just an idea. A notion. A thing that comes and goes. A story we tell ourselves about our experience of reality that's changing the whole time, sometimes up, sometimes down.

Energy is not created or destroyed. Because consciousness is energy, it, too, is never destroyed. It changes form, yes, but it's always there and always has been there.

when I meet people—business leaders, entertainers, and others—they tell me that what seemed to be the worst thing that could ever happen to them turned out, with the benefit of hindsight, to be the very best.

Change our mind, and we change our experience.

When we see for ourselves there is a problem, change becomes much easier.

What seems devastating at the time can turn out to be a new beginning, a different chapter.

there is no such thing as permanence or solidity—that every thing and every being in this world is undergoing constant change.

We forget that it's only a matter of time before there is change—and, once again, a shift in perspective.

Our brains physically change depending on what we give our attention to. Tayata om bekadze bekadze Maha bekadze bekadze Radza samungate soha. Om bekadze bekadze Maha bekadze bekadze Radza samungate soha. Om bekadze bekadze Maha bekadze bekadze Radza samungate soha.

It teaches us to become more aware of our own mental behavior, to replace negative patterns of thought with more positive ones.

Suppression is never a permanent fix.

Don't try to avoid tightness by getting into a compromised posture; instead breathe through it! Not with force but with wisdom. Use your breath to create openness. Breath by breath, subtle change is possible. Each breath is a step to transformation.

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

Fantasy. Lunacy. All revolutions are, until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities.

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape nor hue nor size don't stay the same, it's still a cloud an' so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud's blowed from or who the soul'll be 'morrow? Only Sonmi the east an' the west an' the compass an' the atlas, yay, only the atlas o' clouds.

I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.

A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.

Except that it was no more home, just the place where he had grown up, and that first day back, touring the once familiar places only made him realize that he had already lived close to half his life.