Quotes About Transformation

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul

There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

The year 1848 was the turning point at which modern history failed to turn.

Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.

In the twinkling of an eye a veil is lifted; and you see with other eyes and hear with other ears and are given another understanding.

Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.

The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself.

The Work is about making personality passive, a servant rather than a master.

And so I went with her to the Tambov province. She stayed with the prince's sister, who became very fond of her and took her abroad where they lived for long periods, particularly in Italy. Little by little, under the influence of the prince's sister and the prince himself, she grew interested in their ideas, which soon became an integral part of her essence. She began to work on herself in earnest, and anyone who met her, even if only once, could feel the result of that work.

Namely, to learn why and in what manner my suffering in this instance could assist in the increase of my labor-ability. The beneficent result for me from this "Inner-World Revolution" occurring within me was that from that moment on I could freely, without influence of partial feelings, again think in my habitual way.

The theory of esotericism is that mankind consists of two circles: a large, outer circle, embracing all human beings, and a small circle of instructed and understanding people at the center. Real instruction, which alone can change us, can only come from this center.

un engourdissement nébuleux saisit notre pensée, et nous ne pouvons déterminer l'instant précis où le moi, sous une autre forme, continue l'œuvre de l'existence.

With my body's soul I touched what is repulsive; I closely searched the turning, the transformation of the signs in the heavens, in the universal war.

Ben ters yönde dönen ve dünyan?n tersine giden ?eylerden korkmam, etrafta hüküm süren çöküntüyü ve her ?eyin eskiyip y?pranmaktaki inad?n? de?i?tirir bu, demek istedi?im anla??ld?ysa e?er.

It was as though the world had had a fresh coat of paint, and every heart acquired a store of illusions that made the burden of life less hard to bear.

The metaphor of transformation deepens as we consider how a butterfly needs to struggle for its ability to fly. If the chrysalis is broken by someone in an attempt to help free the butterfly, its wings will be shriveled and immobile.

Scrisul nu este un ?ip?t nemodulat,el cere vigoare,construc?ie,un pas înd?r?rt fa?? de propria-?i stare.Trebuie s? ie?i din propria-?i dram? pentru a o exprima-

nimeni nu se na?te "bou", ci doar devine a?a.

all my past spread out laid bare I trample on it what else to do

If it's all been dream and delirium may death ripen me in my dream.

I killed a woman in me: one I did not love.