Quotes About Transformation

Even ordinary people like us, we also need the tools for transformation.

We are beyond being helped, even by other more realized beings, unless we are in a receptive mental state.

When our understanding of an idea develops to the point that it changes our behavior.

in fact the only thing that really matters is inner transformation.

The true purpose of alchemy is about reining in our baser instincts –' he nodded towards me '– and realizing our highest potential.

Wisdom is what happens when our understanding of a thing deepens to the point that it changes our behaviour.

We can turn our suffering into the cause of extraordinary growth.

Lotus plants grow in poor conditions. Their roots are in the mud, sometimes dirty swamps. But they rise above that. Their flowers are very beautiful. Sometimes when we have problems we, too, can use our difficulties to create something we may not even have considered before. We can turn our suffering into the cause of extraordinary growth.

Energy is not created or destroyed. Because consciousness is energy, it, too, is never destroyed. It changes form, yes, but it's always there and always has been there.

when I meet people—business leaders, entertainers, and others—they tell me that what seemed to be the worst thing that could ever happen to them turned out, with the benefit of hindsight, to be the very best.

Change our mind, and we change our experience.

there is no such thing as permanence or solidity—that every thing and every being in this world is undergoing constant change.

We forget that it's only a matter of time before there is change—and, once again, a shift in perspective.

the act of imagining how an ideal self might be is the start of its manifestation.

As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.

Suppression is never a permanent fix.

Don't try to avoid tightness by getting into a compromised posture; instead breathe through it! Not with force but with wisdom. Use your breath to create openness. Breath by breath, subtle change is possible. Each breath is a step to transformation.

The true purpose of alchemy is about reining in our baser instincts and realizing our highest potential.

We're all works in progress. It takes courage to be open about our flaws, but that's what makes us authentic.

If it's transformation we seek, the feeling of giving must be authentic. It must touch our heart.

Fantasy. Lunacy. All revolutions are, until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities.

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Spanish exiles also made their way to the northern Palestinian city of Safed, which they transformed into the most populous city in Palestine (with some 7,000 Jews). It was in Safed