Quotes About Conversion

Everett's quick conversion to the war cause after Sumter was just as typical of the North as had been his confusion during the secession winter.

In a new environment, it was possible to transform.

Conversion, constant conversion, is the message of the Gospel.

Hate not your enemies; love thy rivals, for this is the only way to convert them into your friends and your partners!

And then he got all religious on her. Very quickly. - The Piper's Son

Since self cannot be converted, it must be crucified. In no other way can one experience deliverance from the tyranny of self.

You weren't distracted by evil things, for the enemy knows that you have been converted from them. He drew you away by legitimate pleasures.

do whatever it takes to get into the transition

Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.

Transform metal into gold

To store one hundred calories of dietary fat as body fat, it only takes three calories of energy, but converting one hundred calories of dietary carbs into fat for storage takes twenty-three calories.

But all sudden things come from a deep study of conversion -- they are sudden only on the surface.

transmogrification

The Koran calls upon all Muslims to convert or conquer unbelievers. For those who take the Koran seriously, there is no room for moderation or tolerance.

There are only three ways to deal with non-Muslims under Islamic law: They must be converted, they must be subjugated and humiliated, or they must be eliminated

For these Muslims, the real enemy—the thing they fear and hate—isn't Catholicism. It's secularism. It's laicism. It's atheist materialism. They think of Catholics as fellow believers. Catholicism is a religion of the Book. Catholics are one step away from converting to Islam—that's the true, original Muslim vision of Christianity.

Yoshino distinguishes covering from "conversion" (trying to become straight) and "passing" (staying in the closet), and points out that even after gay people come out, society exerts a "covering demand" on its minority members. I would argue that, by pleading for more magnanimous treatment of our opponents, gay thought leaders were unconsciously applying the covering demand to the LGBT equality movement as a whole.

Hay que convertir la reflexión en instinto si se quiere que llegue a ser instintiva la reflexión.

Our life is a hope which is continually converting itself into memory and memory in its turn begets hope.

Cuando Zacarías profetizó acerca de la conversión nacional de Israel en los tiempos del fin (Zac. 12:10-14), destacó que el Espíritu Santo derramaría el espíritu de gracia y el espíritu de súplica (que es lo mismo que el espíritu de oración):

Death is not an ending. It is a transformation.

I remember the thrill that was mine when, in one of my first meetings, I led my first soul to Christ in America. And he was one of my own countrymen.

The second basic function of algebra is to convert expressions into more useful ones. Gauss's

Before I became a Muslim, I ate pork and chased women--but all that stuff stopped.