Quotes About Transformation

And without further argument he unsheathed the sword and cleaved Miss Foxe's head from her neck. He knew what was supposed to happen. He knew that this awkward, whispering creature before him should now transform into a princess - dazzlingly beautiful, free, and made wise by her hardship. That is not what happened.

Moment by moment, maddened by them and melted by them, maddened/melted, maddened/melted, maddened/melted.

Al wat je ooit zag of hoorde, al wat je dacht te weten, is niet meer dat, maar anders.

She saw him as Eros, but Ferrante was convinced that the statue represented Mors, the personification of death. Later that double identity seemed significant to her. When had love become synonymous with death?

one must occasionally stand the world on its head in order to put it on its feet.

There will always be new opposites, class struggles and uprisings. History has no ending.

Wallander smiled to hear how he too used to speak, before his move to Ystad had changed his dialect.

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

I know that I have to move from speaking about Jesus to letting him speak within me, from thinking about Jesus to letting him think within me, from acting for and with Jesus to letting him act through me. I know the only way for me to see the world is to see it through his eyes.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

The man who articulate the movements of his inner life, who can give names to his varied experiences, need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering. He is able to create space for Him who heart is greater than his, whose eyes see more than his, and whose hands can heal more than his.

Jesus was a revolutionary, who did not become an extremist, since he did not offer an ideology, but Himself.

Jesus changes our history from a random series of sad incidents and accidents into a constant opportunity for a change of heart.

If it is true that we not only are the Beloved, but also have to become the Beloved; if it is true that we not only are children of God, but also have to become children of God; if it is true that we not only are brothers and sisters, but also have to become brothers and sisters . . . if all that is true, how then can we get a grip on this process of becoming? If the spiritual life is not simply a way of being, but also a way of becoming, what then is the nature of this becoming?

death is not the total dissolution or our identity but the way to its fullest revelation.

Joy never denies the sadness, but transforms it to a fertile soil for more joy.

Percayalah bahwa pada suatu saat cinta akan menaklukkan dirimu sehingga bagian dirimu yang paling menakutkan sekalipun akan membiarkan cinta mengusir semua ketakutanmu

The great movement of the spiritual life is from a deaf, nonhearing life to a life of listening.

In solitude I get rid of my scaffolding... Solitude molds self-righteous people into gentle, caring, forgiving persons who are so deeply convinced of their own great sinfulness and so fully aware of God's even greater mercy that their life itself becomes ministry.

Thus, our brokenness can become a gateway to new life.

We often say, "I am not very happy. I am not content with the way my life is going. I am not really joyful or peaceful. But I don't know how things can be different, and I guess I have to be realistic and accept my life as it is." It is this mood of resignation that prevents us from actively naming our reality, articulating our experience, and moving more deeply into the life of the Spirit.

For me, God is the one who calls me the Beloved, and I have a desire to express to others how I try to become more fully who I already am.

Becoming a child is living toward a second innocence: not the innocence of the newborn infant, but the innocence that is reached through conscious choices.

When we keep claiming the light, we will find ourselves becoming more and more radiant.