Quotes About Growth

There is nothing that doesn't decay. Some things decay more slowly than others, that's all.

And it's true, thought Valentine. I'm not the same person, really, from book to book, because each world changes who I am, even as I write down the story of the world. And this world most of all.

A pure soul must never grow attached to any one thing. A pure soul must expose himself to new things every day.

You just live in the place you're in, you don't worry about where you used to be or where you wish you were, here is where you are and here's where you've got to find a way

But I have these friends because I stayed with my task. So instead of dragging each other down, we're building each other up. We're not just good friends, we're friends who do each other good.

The clay can become a bear," she said, "but not as long as it rests cold and wet in the riverbank.

How I wish you could have kept on living such a life of joy. But no one can. Language comes to us, and with it lies and threats, cruelty and disappointment. You walk, and those steps lead you outside the shelter of your home. To keep the joy of childhood you would have to die as a child, or live as one, never becoming a man, never growing.

La semilla de la duda estaba ahí, y permaneció, y de vez en cuando echaba una pequeña raíz. Esa semilla que crecía lo cambió todo. Hizo que Ender prestara más atención a lo que la gente quería decir, no a lo que decía. Le hizo más sabio.

There is no teacher but the enemy.

Thou art fertile ground, and I will plant a garden in thee.

Power comes only by persuasion; by love and service. It comes from trying and learning.

The bones are hard and by themselves seem dead and stony, but by rooting into and pulling themselves against the skeleton, the rest of the body carries out all the motions of life.

No, he told himself honestly. I've never had real friends before. This is what it feels like. This is why people will sacrifice so many accomplishments in order to stay with their friends instead of their tasks. But I have these friends because I stayed with my task. So instead of dragging each other down, we're building each other up. We're not just good friends, we're friends who do each other good.

Peregrinos viajeros hacia el altar de la inteligencia

Siempre que sigas naciendo, esta bien morir a veces.

What I have lived by is this: Whatever I need to know, and don't, I must learn. And if learning it fights against my natural inclinations, then it's all the more important that I learn it anyway.

Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it.

Everything everybody does is a waste of time, until it isn't

Los sabios no son sabios porque no cometan errores. Son sabios porque corrigen sus errores en cuanto los reconocen.

Their young go through a helpless grub stage, too, which lasts longer than some of them think.

She was copious, her sap-filled veins, her skeleton of wood, her tingling leaves that bathed in light, her roots that tapped into seas of water salted with the stuff of life.

Nobody knows more than can be learned in a single lifetime

He wasn't telling her what the gods were, he was telling her what goodness was. To want other people to grow. To want other people to have all the good things that you have. And to spare them the bad things if you can. That was goodness.