Quotes About Transformation

The resurrection constitutes, as it were, the womb of the new aeon, out of which believers issue as, in a new, altogether unprecedented, sense, sons of God: "They are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection," therefore they neither marry, nor are given in marriage (Lk. xx. 35-36).

we are not received by Jesus into a school of ethics but into a kingdom of redemption.

Whether one says: the body of humiliation is transformed into a body of glory, or says, the corruptible puts on incorruption, the mortal immortality, makes no difference whatever as to the principle of continuity.

The Spirit's work in the renewal of things proceeds according to a fixed, systematic method, in certain distinct stages.

We are; therefore, we evolve.

Nooit, nooit lijkt de toekomst op het heden.

As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain (kind of) and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard.

He had no one but himself to blame, for he'd opened himself up to it. Just a fraction at first, like a crack in a window. But the funny thing was, once you welcomed in a breeze, there was no stopping what came next. A wind, a storm, thunder and lightning, until you could no longer reach the window to close it—and didn't really want to anyway. That's what this new darkness was. Evil in its purest form... -Paris

Even the smallest light can grow until there's no darkness left.

Sorry, Keys, but raisins are the result of nature taking a shit.

Everything changed. The world. The seasons. Time. People. Nothing and no one ever stayed the same.

I'll catch fire, turn to ash and re-form... I'll be stronger... and you'll be forever mine.

If it´s true that we are what we eat, then I could be you by morning.

I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." —CHARLES DICKENS, A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Cold-blooded? Oh, no. This man suddenly burned.

Puck the Undefeated had just become Puck the Fucked.

It is my job-no,-my privilege-to make the fire become an inferno. -Gray

You are meant to start a wildfire with a single spark

A whisper can become a roar

You don't know his heart. He's capable of change- we all are. Give him a second chance, Archer would probably say. Remove his junk and stuff it in his mouth, Killian would definitely say. He can eat his own candy bar.

People are the most difficult thing in the world to change

Are you trying to talk me out of going?" "I am trying to figure out who you really are." "Same man I was last night." "Last night you smelled like turnips. Tonight you smell of leather and mystery.

God does not transform you on a bed of light, life, and grace. His transformation is done on the cross in darkness, poverty, and death.

What does this world need: gifted men and women, outwardly empowered? Or individuals who are broken, inwardly transformed?