Quotes About Growth

I am not only a thing, but also a way of being-one of many ways- and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.

Você não pode construir um novo edifício em uma área até destruir o que existia antes, e o antigo Charlie não pode ser destruído. Ele existe.

Eu estava em uma escada rolante para baixo agora. Se eu ficasse parado, iria direto pra baixo, mas, se eu começasse a subir a escada, talvez conseguisse ao menos ficar no mesmo lugar. O importante era seguir me movendo pra cima independentemente do que acontecesse.

I've got to guard against the natural tendency to look down on them now that I have surpassed them.

The more intelligent you become the more problems you'll have, Charlie

Estranho sobre aprender; quanto mais longe eu vou, mais vejo o que nunca soube que sequer existia. Algum tempo atrás, totalmente imaginei que poderia aprender tudo - todo conhecimento existente. Agora espero apenas ser capaz de saber de sua existência e entender um mínimo disso.

I am an expanding universe swimming upward in a silent sea.

Holy smoke I reely pulled a Charlie Gordon that time.

Im mixd up but Miss Kinnian says dont worry spelling is not suppose to make sence.

Boy if I get smart wont he be serprised.

If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me. Im glad I got a second chanse in life like you said to be smart because I lerned alot of things that I never even new were in this werld and Im grateful I saw it all even for a littel bit. And Im glad I found out all about my family and me. It was like I never had a family til I remembird about them and saw them and now I know I had a family and I was a person just like evryone.

The humble, self-effacing Charlie you were all talking about a while ago is just waiting patiently. I'll admit I'm like him in a number of ways, but humility and self-effacement are not among them. I've learned how little they get a person in this world.

So even if I'm getting intelligent and learning a lot of new things, he thinks I'm still a boy about women. It's confusing, but I'm going to find out all about my life.

You're damned right, something is happening! A cloud of smoke was hanging in front of my eyes, and with one breath you blew it away. A simple idea. Trust myself. And it never occurred to me before. Charlie, you're wonderful. I caught her hand and held it. No, it's you. You touch my eyes and make me see. She blushed and pulled her hand back. The last time we were here, I said, I told you I liked you. I should have trusted myself to say I love you.

I began to see that by my astonishing growth I had made them shrink and emphasized their inadequacies.

Charlie, you amaze me. In some ways you're so advanced, and yet when it comes to making a decision, you're still a child. I can't decide for you, Charlie. The answer can't be found in books—or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you—feel the right thing to do. Charlie, you've got to learn to trust yourself.

Cuanto más inteligente te vuelvas, más problemas tendrás, Charlie.

Depois da lição, desci e brinquei com Algernon. Nós não competimos mais.

If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me. Im glad I got a second chanse in life like you said to be smart because I lerned alot of things that I never even new were in this werld and Im grateful I saw it all even for a littel bit.

I wasn't his son. That was another Charlie. Intelligence and knowledge had changed me, and he would resent me---as the others from the bakery resented me---because my growth diminished him.

This day was good for me. I've got to stop this childish worrying about myself—my past and my future. Let me give something of myself to others. I've got to use my knowledge and skills to work in the field of increasing human intelligence.

The more intelligent you become the more problems you'll have, Charlie. Your intellectual growth is going to outstrip your emotional growth. And I think you'll find that as you progress, there will be many things you'll want to talk to me about. I just want you to remember that this is the place for you to come when you need help.

Quanto mais inteligente você se tornar, mais problemas você terá, Charlie. Seu crescimento intelectual vai ultrapassar seu crescimento emocional.

Ordinary people, she said, can see only a little bit. They can't change much or go any higher than they are, but you're a genius. You'll keep going up and up, and see more and more. And each step will reveal worlds you never even knew existed.