Transformation Quotes

"If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms " "This is no time for playing games. Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us. How soon will time cover all things, and how many it has covered already. What is long-lasting is not necessarily eternal. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval. To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. The universe is transformation: life is opinion. Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too. Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly. Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Remind yourself that what is past is nothing. Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you." "Sometimes human places create inhuman monsters" "I look for the way things will turn out spiraling." "Creativity is always preceded by destruction" "Writing does not mean to passively add to the noise of the world but to actively engage in the transformation of knowledge" "Music can change the world because it can change people" "Your mind is a creative machine. It can move things from the possible to the impossible in the blink of an eye. Challenge yourself." "Darling, youre not falling apart. Youre getting rid of the pieces that no longer serve your purpose, this is a surgery of the spirit, and it can be painful as hell" "May all the beauty that has died and you come back to life" "The greatest advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur " "Turn and face the strange." "I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman." "Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven’s claws" "It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy"