Quotes About Transformation

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster

Life that means for us to transform constantly into light and flame all that we are, or meet with.

The commencement of all great things in the world is thoroughly and continuously saturated with blood.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

First, one has the difficulty of emancipating oneself from one's chains; and, ultimately, one has to emancipate oneself from this emancipation too.

Es necesario ser un mar para poder recibir una sucia corriente sin volverse impuro.

Today a man with knowledge might easily feel like god transformed into an animal.

Once you were apes, and even now, too, man is more ape than any ape.

Yes, I recognize Zarathustra. His eyes are clear now, no longer does he sneer with loathing. Just see how he dances along!

It is precisely he who is becoming who cannot endure the state of becoming.

One must have chaos and frenzy within oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

Ready must thou be to burn thyself in thine own flame; how couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes!

the one who had lost the world attains its own world

We uproot the foundation of morality when we uproot boundary-stones.

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.

I say unto you: one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves.

Only those who continue to change remain my kin

How couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes?

A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.

Solar energy, transformed into chemical energy by the photosynthesis of green plants, drives all ecological cycles.

Just as the decay of last year's fallen leaves provides nutrients for new growth this spring, some institutions must be allowed to decline and decay, so that their capital and human talents can be released and recycled to create new organizations.

The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler.

Broken things are precious. We eat broken bread because we share in the depth of our Lord and His broken life. Broken flowers give perfume. Broken incense is used in adoration. A broken ship saved Paul and many other passengers on their way to Rome. Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.

Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only when you let it move you. The supernatural order supposes the freedom of the natural order, but it does not destroy it.