Quotes About Transformation

it burns away certain lingering afflictions and sources of ignorance. Each time you fully enter this state, more of these afflictions are burned away. And after a certain number and type of these entrances—often four—you have burned away everything there is to burn, and so you can enter this state at will, and remain there permanently. You can enter nirvana permanently, and samsara ceases to arise in your case. The entire world of Form ceases to arise.

As Robert Kegan, of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, put it, "I know of no better way to summarize development than that the subject of one stage becomes the object of the subject of the next stage.

And if they are to live up to their spiritual experiences, then they will have to grow and develop. They will have to start the developmental unfolding, the holarchical expansion, the actual inhabiting of the expanding spheres of consciousness. Their center of gravity has to shift—to transform—to these deeper or higher spheres of consciousness; it does no good to merely "idealize" them in theoretical chit-chat and talking religion

Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude's power.

We must move beyond an anemic view of our faith as something only personal and private, with no public dimension, and instead see it as the source of power that can change the world.

The presence of Christ brings us his power and ability to use our limited resources in limitless ways.

Your problems are good. They are power in disguise.

Events of resistance have the power not only to escape control but also to create a new world.

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.

Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.

Teaching people to become like Jesus, outside of the power of Jesus, dishonors Jesus.

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don't underestimate God's power.

Christianity is a power religion. Christ has the power to re-create men from the inside out, as every man who has ever met Him knows.

Socialism, like Christianity destroyed itself to gain power

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.

I recreate myself; that is my only power.

For it is in letting go of the past that you reclaim your power. Step through the gateway now.

It is not enough just to open the door to the rooms of power. We have to get inside and rearrange the furniture!

There is an ability to move and transform things. I think each human being has that power, and it's often one that we are willing to relinquish to others.

Air power speaks a strategic language so new that translation into the hackneyed idiom of the past is impossible.

Change is not about putting a different kind of people in power but a different kind of power in people.

The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.

No economic, political or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind