Quotes About Transformation

Setrakian said, "Think more along the lines of a man with a black cape. Fangs. Funny accent." He turned his head so that Gus could hear him better. "Now take away the cape and fangs. The funny accent. Take away anything funny about it." Gus

Si se me preguntara qué hacer para volver la política un asunto honrado no dudaría en responder: debemos eliminar a los políticos. Una

One day, they will wake up to an extremely unbearable ocean of sameness. (re: changing San Francisco)

My readings also led me to some of China's recent transformations that had made China almost unrecognizable to an historian.

I was far away from where China was changing and was constantly reminded that more changes were around the corner.

have a kink as solid and full of habit as the ones in the hose. Slowly I pull out the full length of the hose and lay it where it needs to be before I turn on the water. Inside, too, I must unroll my full attention. Old habits of thought twist themselves into kinks and knots. We will be forced to acknowledge this again and again.

Kulupakan hari-hari yang lewat agar aku lahir kembali pada hari ini. Kutenggelamkan puing waktu ke kuburannya yang paling rahasia. Barangkali serahasia mimpi, dan yang ada kemudiannya hanyalah kesamaran. Semakin samar, dan hilang. -Gaga

Aber die ungeheure Gefahr ist, daß Schlendrian und Nachahmung sich auch der Revolutionäre bemächtigen und sie zu Philistern des Radikalismus, des tönenden worts und der Gewaltgebärde machen; daß sie nicht wissen und nicht wissen wollen: die Umwandlung der Gesellschaft kann nur in Liebe, in Arbeit, in Stille kommen.

Revolution- a principle stepping over vast distances of time.

My lidé jsme ne?istí, a ?asto je zapotÃ…â"¢ebí dlouhého postu a bdÄ›ní, než porozumíme Å¡epotu své duÅ¡e.

In every name there is a hidden force and when we repeat that name over and over we draw into our blood that spiritual force, which in time, finally transforms our whole body.

Our path leads to the threshold of maturity. Once you arrive at it, you are also worthy of receiving that gift. In either case, you will have become a phoenix: it is up to you to get there by force.

Nothing essential happens through death, only through birth and that is the whole trouble - But shouldn't we be speaking of something more important than life and death?

Whoever would rise, must first descend, for only then can the bottommost rise to the top.

The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief

The memorable events of history are the visible effects of the invisible changes of human thought.

Even revolutions can only avail when the belief has almost entirely lost its sway over men's minds. In that case revolutions serve to finally sweep away what had already been almost cast aside, though the force of habit prevented its complete abandonment. The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.

Robert Darvel, now certain that he had left the planet of his birth and that what he had taken to be a Canadian forest was instead a part of Mars, walked with great strides, as much to revive his sluggish limbs as to reach, as quickly as possible, some Martian settlement, the existence of which he was impatient to discover.

Iluminada por el rojizo resplandor de la hoguera y a través del confuso velo que la embriaguez había puesto delante de su vista, parecíale que la marmórea imagen se transformaba a veces en una mujer real; parecíale que entreabría los labios como murmurando una oración;

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

Charity is today a 'political charity.'. . . it means the transformation of a society structured to benefit a few who appropriate to themselves the value of the work of others. This transformation ought to be directed toward a radical change in the foundation of society, that is, the private ownership of the means of production.

History is no longer as it was for the Greeks, an anamnesis, a remembrance. It is rather a thrust into the future.

Man is saved if he opens himself to God and to others, even if he is not clearly aware that he is doing so. This is valid for Christians and non-Christians alike -- for all people. . . . We can no longer speak properly of a profane world. A qualitative and intensive approach replaces a quantitative and extensive one.

Only four years ago they had presumably been carefree, single girls laughing in a disco and now, as if hardened by some battle, they were assertive, humourless creatures he would not care to live with.