Quotes About Transformation

Real reading is reincarnation. There is no other way to put it. It is being born again into a higher form of consciousness than we ourselves possess.

It helps us to create and re-create ourselves, often against harsh odds. So I will be talking here about the crafting of souls.

We are what we think, having become what we thought.

Awakening does not mean a change in difficulty, it means a change in how those difficulties are met.

The spiritual path means making a path rather than following one.

In order to change conditions outside ourselves, whether they concern the environment or relations with others, we must first change within ourselves.

Enlightenment does not mean getting rid of anything. It means changing one's frame of reference so that all things become enlightening.

WILL'S RULES FOR LIVING #7: SOMETIMES, IN ORDER TO GET COMPLETELY SANE, YOU HAVE TO GO A LITTLE CRAZY.

24 YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND.

marriage, children, illness, and death were life-changing events. Everything else was just ripples in the river.

a nerd in a soldier's world—now, finally, the world belonged to the nerds. Little Johnny Brice had found his place in this world.

What Got You Here Won't Get You There.

Transtheoretical Model of Change

Why is stipulation a smart technique? Because when people already know (or will quickly find out) the problem that you're admitting to, your best move is to get it out of the way. Even better, you can often transform that problem into a powerful asset.

Rehabilitation: Demonstrate through your actions that you've learned your lesson.

Move on in your life. If you create a more fulfilling future, you will find it easier to forget the past.

Most breakdowns lead to breakthroughs.

Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau

identify the negative qualities that you find most bothersome in the people around you and start acting toward these people as though they're exhibiting the opposing positive qualities. For

The living water passages tell us we become vessels for God to pour himself into so we can pour him into others.

Jesus is not going to come join our lives. Jesus wants to become our lives.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

He could say nothing. He had no right to be there, he had already been profoundly changed, he was no good at small talk, she was half naked, it was dawn and he loved her.

Only God could take the deepest of human sorrows and in only six verses transform them into hope. That is exactly what this passage is about—hope. Death does not have the final word. The false teachers do not have the final word. Human speculation does not have the final word. Into the darkness of our confusion, God shines the light of His truth. God's truth can transform ignorance into understanding, grief into joy, and hopelessness into assurance.