Quotes About Transformation

In the history of man it has been very generally the case that when evils have grown insufferable they have touched the point of cure.

A man that'd expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic; but a man that thinks men can be tur-rned into angels by an iliction is called a rayformer an' remains at large.

There is a giant asleep within every man. When that giant awakes, miracles happen.

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before.

There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of progress is going to fling him off.

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

Afflictive emotions — our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear — can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned.

For example, when practitioners transform into Shenlha Ökar (Shen Deity of White Light), they visualize their bodies as being adorned with the thirteen ornaments of peacefulness that in themselves evoke the enlightened quality of peacefulness.2 Shenlha Ökar himself embodies all six of the antidote qualities of love, generosity, wisdom, openness, peacefulness, and compassion; so as soon as you transform into Shenlha Ökar, you instantly embody these same qualities.

Methods can become an obstacle to abiding in non-dual awareness if the practitioner believes that one must use the practice to renounce something or transform something. Practices are only used to connect to the natural state and stabilize in it.

If you want change in your life, move 27 things in your house." The point here is to anchor your newest self in your environment by changing it to fit who you are now and who you want to be. Change is an integral part of life, and can be used to your advantage.

There are vicissitudes in all things.

Just these two words He spoke changed my life, "Enjoy Me" What a burden I thought I was to carry-a crucifix as did He. Love once said to me: "I know a song, would you like to hear it?" And laughter came from every brick in the street and from every pore in the sky. After a night of prayer, He changed my life when He sang "Enjoy me".

Authentic prayer changes us, unmasks us, strips us, indicates where growth is needed.

This good companionship began to root out the habits which bad companionship had formed, and to bring my thoughts back to the desire of eternal things.

Sand needs heat to be transformed into glass. You can't expect change if you aren't willing to spark that flame yourself.

Success is not being the best at what you do, it's reinventing the way it's done making it fresh, new and more efficient.

I am not going to describe her face because I want you to think of her as a bride.

It's about changing the way you see yourself in relation to your partner so that your life is neither a desert nor a battle.

She calls it relational heroism—that moment when every muscle and nerve in your body is screaming to do the same old, but through raised consciousness, insight, discipline, and grace, you lift yourself off your accustomed track and deliberately place yourself on another track.

A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.

Thorns and stings And those such things Just make stronger Our angel wings.

Under the giving snow blossoms a daring spring.

Watching the smoke dance out of a cigarette is like watching a girl dance out of her dress.