Quotes About Transformation

This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

De la difficulté naissent de belles choses.

De ce nu mai ai prieteni? - Au muceg?it. Nu remarcasem c? au o dat? de expirare. Trebuie s? fii atent la asta. Prietenii mei au început s? aib? urme de putregai, pete verzi destul de scîrboase. Ceea ce spuneau începea cu-adev?rat s? miroas? r?u...

Pourquoi n'as-tu plus d'amis ? - Ils ont moisi. Je n'avais pas remarqué qu'ils avaient une date de péremption. Il faut faire attention à ça. Mes amis ont commencé à avoir des traces de pourriture, des taches vertes assez dégoûtantes. Ce qu'ils disaient commençait vraiment à sentir mauvais... ("Comment je suis devenu stupide", p210)

Is it not a magical thing, this life, when just a little ash, cinder, and unclear water can arrange themselves into a beautiful old woman who sways, lifts, kisses, loves, sickens, argues, loses, bears up under it all, and, wrinkling, still lives under all that and yet feeds the Holy in Nature by just the way she moves barefoot down a path?

The fact that commercial culture always panders to the lowest common denominator of awareness and taste should not stop us in our personal revolution to become real human beings.

As you grow older, you change.

There's a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you.

So, as you may be sensing, I wasn't quite cooked.

A paradigm shift can be a sign of progress and evolution, a testament to our capacity for innovation and adaptation.

We have seen time gradually dispel every unfavorable foreboding and our Constitution surmount every adverse circumstance dreaded at the outset as beyond control.

you'll start to see that how you think about yourself, others, and objects, and the world in general, will start to shift to fit with your new patterns of expression.

Leaving the relative and predictable comfort of prison can be traumatic. Living free means not holding on to anything, even your most cherished beliefs and ideals.

and the old farm, now almost overwhelmed

Ich bin die Asche einer Glut, die ich nicht war.

Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like she felt at this moment. She had indeed burnt her boats. But she smiled while she did it.

Everything changes. Everything has to change. Sure, that's what life is all about, isn't it? Making things happen, making things change.

I have observed that you treat a man as an old garment to be taken apart and stitched again. Perhaps you could think of him as good cloth, rich fabric that wants only to be embroidered upon. And perhaps, if you will do that, you will see that you love Tailor yourself.

A person should have several names throughout life, and a secret name as well.

Ne jamais avoir peur d'un esprit positif qui vous veut du bien ouvrez votre porte sceller et laisser l'autre esprit nettoyer et remplacer les pensées négatifs par des pensées positives

One has to die a bit to be reborn.

Contant afdition without subtraction always make a mess.