Quotes About Transformation

Apa yang kita sebut akhir, seringkali hanya sejenis metamorfosis

Che la metamorfosi sia anche alla base della vita degli esseri umani è un'idea fortemente osteggiata dalla confortevole dittatura della post-modernità.

And even though he enjoyed being around her, he resisted her, because he was supremely aware that he wasn't the old Robert any longer; he was Bit, a piece of what he'd once been.

I had no idea, she panted, that being ruined could be so invigorating.

Call me Maximilian.' A sheep farmer. He's a sheep farmer, she reminded herself fiercely. One who lived in Yorkshire, of all places. 'Very well, Maximilian,' she said.

Evelyn Marie wanted to turn him into a gentleman. Well, he wanted to turn her into his mistress.

Already things are changing; it´s starting with small shit but oh it´s starting, the change, the irrevocable, impossible change.

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There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?

You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.

As fire, though one, takes the shape of every object which it consumes, so the Self, though one, takes the shape of every object in which it dwells. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35)

Those who are religiously sick believe in the existence of the devil by forgetting the existence of God. A negative mind is the greatest devil that resides within the human being. Transformation of the negativity leads toward positive or angelic visions. It is the mind which creates hell and heaven. Fear of the devil is a phobia which needs to be eradicated from the human mind.

While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight. Others may choose to do evil deeds and God's people may suffer in the short term, but He will transform the evil intentions of evil people into opportunities for the enrichment of those in His care.

Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive.

Israel's first king, Saul, looked like he was born for the role. He was tall, handsome, intelligent, and sensitive to God's leading. But he eventually lost most of his attractive qualities, the most important being obedience.

IN a heartbeat, the diver is reborn, swallowed into another reality, transformed from a shambling monster into a being of weightless grace. Is this what happens to the spirit at death when it flies up to heaven?

Joseph Campbell reflects in The Power of Myth that in mythic terms, the first part of any journey of initiation must deal with the death of the old self and the resurrection of the new. Campbell says that the hero, or heroic figure, 'moves not into outer space but into inward space, to the place from which all being comes, into the consciousness that is the source of all things, the kingdom of heaven within. The images are outward, but their reflection is inward.

When life gives me pits, I'll plant them and grow cherry trees.

I want there to be happily-ever-afters for the fucked-up crowd.

She wasn't like any woman who'd come before her. Not just because of who she was, but also because of who I was when I was with her.

you showed me what love truly is just by giving yours so selflessly. I wasn't made for love. It wasn't [woven]into the fabric of my being. I didn't know what it was, what I was looking for, what I needed. I had no point of reference, no examples, nothing. Until you.

You've changed my life, Eva. And you did the impossible: you transformed me. I like who I am now. I never thought that would happen.

I pushed up into her face. "You got the fairy tale right. But Gideon's the beauty. I'm the beast.

My life was ordered. Now, it's an adventure.