Quotes About Transformation

Gandhi is an example of a man who grew from being self-centered as he was learning to become a lawyer in England, to becoming more family- and social oriented in South-Africa, where he led a reformation of Indian rights, to becoming determined in helping his nation recover from British rule at which he succeeded in the end with the help of a great many people. At the end of his life Gandhi was increasingly focused on a larger picture, encasing the whole world in his vision of a peaceful future.

but death can't be the final word, can it? I mean, look at this fire. The wood that we threw on it has been decimated, or so it seems, but in reality, the wood has been transformed into gasses and ashes. I think about that, you know, about how nothing is ever destroyed, but only changes form.

My Autumn eternal O my spiritual season

Avant tout les artistes sont des hommes qui veulent devenir inhu­mains. Ils cherchent péniblement les traces de l'inhu­manité, traces que l'on ne rencontre nulle part dans la nature.

Et je chantais cette romance En 1903 sans savoir Que mon amour à la semblance Du beau Phénix s'il meurt un soir Le matin voit sa renaissance.

C'est plus facile de se détruire à petit feu que d'avoir le courage de se remettre en cause.

Jedino što je izvesno: iz jednog ovakvog putovanja ne izlazi se netaknut. Ne izlazi se bolji. Ne izlazi se ja?i.

Chaque vie connaît un jour ce type de séisme : ce moment où les sentiments deviennent des allumettes craquées au milieu d'une forêt desséchée. Le prélude à un incendie capable de ravager toutes nos fondations et de nous entraîner vers l'abîme. Ou la renaissance.

Kada se gledaš u ogledalu i želiš da ga razbiješ, nije ogledalo to što treba da bude slomljeno, nego si ti taj, koji treba da se promeni. ~ Nepoznat autor ~

Ima trenutaka u životu kada se jedna vrata otvore i kada vam život sklizne u svjetlost. Rijetki trenuci kada se nešto u vama otvori. Lebdite u bestežinskom stanju, jurite autoputem bez radara. Izbori postaju jasni i jednostavni, odgovori zamjenjuju pitanja, strah ustupa mjesto ljubavi. Treba iživjeti ovakve trenutke. Rijetko potraju.

La vida transcurre a velocidades y ritmos disímiles. Por largos periodos avanza con lentitud y de súbito, en lapsos cortísimos, suceden eventos frenéticos y radicales que la trastornan hasta dejarla irreconocible.

La vida transcurre a velocidades y ritmos disímiles. Por largos periodos avanza con lentitud y de súbito, en lapsos cortísimos, suceden eventos frenéticos y radicales que la trastornan hasta dejarla irreconocible. Cómo y por qué entra uno a esos ríos caóticos y furiosos es un misterio. Nos quejamos de la grisura de la cotidianeidad, pero con frecuencia es nuestra tabla de salvación. Una existencia sin orden termina por apabullarnos.

Llega un momento en que es necesario abandonar las ropas usadas que ya tienen la forma de nuestro cuerpo y olvidar los caminos que nos llevan siempre a los mismos lugares. Es el momento de la travesía. Y, si no osamos emprenderla nos habremos quedado para siempre al margen de nosotros mismos. Fernando Pessoa

Álvaro Mutis había escrito una gran crónica de su estancia en Lecumberri, él haría su Reclusorio Oriente reloaded.

Águilas picotean los ojos de los ciegos hasta obligarlos a ver.»

Así que así era yo y no había quien me cambiara, porque pasaba el tiempo y me ponía viejo y los días pasaban y se convertían en fecha y los años se convertían en efemérides y yo seguía así, quedándome con las noches, metiéndolas en un vaso con hielo o en un negativo o en el recuerdo

It was never too late to exchange the things you believed defined you for something better.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

What you fought was a dead man, possessed by a disease.' - Setrakian 'What--like a pinche zombie?' - Gus 'Think more along the lines of a man with a black cape. Fangs. Funny accent. Now take away the cape and fangs. The funny accent. Take away anything funny about it.' - Setrakian

She realizes that, down here, hate has no purpose. Down here, you embrace your foes until they become your friends. Down here, you seek not to be one being, but all beings, and all at once, God and Chemosh and everything in between. The change in her isn't only mental. It's physical, of skin and muscle. Yes, she has arrived. She is full. She is perfect.

But Felix was no longer Felix. He was a vampire motherfucker.

Las cosas que hacemos por amor son desagradables, dementes, llenas de sudor y remordimiento —caminó hacia Edith, quien se contuvo para no gritar. —Este amor te quema y te mutila y te retuerce de adentro hacia fuera. Es un amor monstruoso y nos transforma en monstruos.

Gus called Felix's name one last time, as though saying his name would snap him out of it, would miraculously bring Felix back… But Felix was no longer Felix. He was a vampire motherfucker.

the water in this cave is small but we begin to heal and it is better water than the last water no water should bring pain water should not be flat water should not be smooth water should not be empty water should not have a shape there is no shape of water