Quotes about transformation
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“The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

World, Thinking, Way

“The key to transforming our hearts and minds is to have an understanding of how our thoughts and emotions work.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

Understanding, Heart

“The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.”

Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome

Universe, Life

“Arrogance complicates words, because it believes that intelligence is only for the chosen few. Elegance transforms complex thoughts into something that everyone can understand.”

Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra

Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), About Elegance

Intelligence, Understanding

“We want to transform ourselves from a PC market-share leader into a PC-plus innovation leader. This will ensure we have sustained growth, profitability, and the strong foundation to build a great global company that can last for generations.”

Yang Yuanqing (1964) Chinese businessman

Thriving in a ‘PC-plus’ world: An interview with Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/thriving-in-a-pc-plus-world# in McKinsey & Company (1 June 2013)

Strong

“Is the erotic rhythm of a body that transforms emotion into pure transgression.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) È il ritmo erotico di un corpo che trasforma l'emozione in pura trasgressione.
Source: prevale.net

“Another great entity standing behind the Christ is the Spirit of Peace or Equilibrium. He is overshadowing the Christ, in a very similar way to the way the Christ overshadowed and worked through the disciple Jesus in Palestine. He works very closely with the law of Action and Reaction, and His function is to transform the prevalent discord, confusion, chaos, turmoil in the world into its opposite, so that we shall enter an era of tranquility and peace - in exact proportion to the present discord. The violence and hatred of today will be transmuted into goodwill, and again, in exact proportion to the intensity of the hatred and violence. This is the great Law of Action and Reaction functioning. The law stated is that action and reaction are equal and opposite, and this great Cosmic Entity, the Spirit of Equilibrium, is working now through the Christ, producing the transformation of the world.”

Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) artist, author, esotericist

The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom (1980)

Way, World, Peace, Law

“The systemic transformation of the current world is a strategic challenge for our people. We must be ready to accept them.”

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940) first president of Kazakhstan

"Speech at the international scientific and practical conference "30 years of leadership" https://elbasy.kz/en/speeches/2019-06/speech-elbasy-na-nazarbayev-international-scientific-and-practical-conference-30 (2019)

People, World

“If what you’re doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it’s probably not transformative enough.”

Sergey Brin (1973) President of Alphabet Inc.

Mayer, Catherine (August 5, 2013). Meet ‘Schmeat’: Say Hello to the Stem-Cell Hamburger http://science.time.com/2013/08/05/meet-schmeat-say-hello-to-the-stem-cell-hamburger/. Time Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-30.

Science, People

“Many of the faithful believe Holy Communion leads to personal sanctification and transformation of attitudes and engenders responsiveness to the needs of others... for many others there is a disparity between what they believe and how they live.”

Gabriel Malzaire (1957) catholic bishop

Bishops urge concrete action to increase respect, understanding of Eucharist: seminary formation, penance, reverent posture https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/5097/bishops-urge-concrete-action-to-increase-respect-understanding-of-eucharist-seminary-formation-penance-reverent-posture (9 October 2005)

Personality, Faith

“The past is therefore a permanent dimension of the human consciousness, an inevitable component of the institutions, values and other patterns of human society. The problem for historians is to analyse the nature of this 'sense of the past' in society and to trace its changes and transformations.”

Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) British academic historian and Marxist historiographer

Chap. 2 : The Sense of the Past
On History (1997)

Change, Past, Nature, Problem

“Even the caterpillar must endure the dark journey before gaining wings and transforming into a butterfly. It is their spiritual struggle in life.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Life

“The caterpillar achieves its full freedom and potential by transforming into a butterfly. This is the real beauty of change.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Freedom, Beauty, Change

“The famous rocks of David and Goliath have been transformed into rocket combats between Arabs and Jews.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

Paul of Tarsus book Epistle to the Romans

Romans 12:2
Epistle to the Romans

God, Perfection, World

“Poems have helped me figure out a lot about queer sexuality – it is a big hill to climb. The ability to transform myself in poetry helps me imagine myself differently in the real world.”

Danez Smith American poet

On how poetry has given him insight into his sexuality in “‘Every poem is political’: Danez Smith, the YouTube star shaking up poetry” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/28/danez-smith-interview-poetry-dont-call-us-dead-dear-white-america in The Guardian (2018 Jan 28)

Imagination, Help, World

“We don't want to disrupt the meat industry, we want to transform it. We need their economies of scale, their global supply chain, their marketing expertise and their massive consumer base.”

Bruce Friedrich (1969) Member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

TED Talk: The next global agricultural revolution https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_friedrich_the_next_global_agricultural_revolution/, 2019

“We need a paradigm shift from a male-dominated economic mantra to an inclusive and transformational nation- building approach that can be enshrined in our people-driven constitution”

Thokozani Khuphe (1963) Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe

Source: Zimbabwe: Recognise Women's Role - Khupe http://www.peacewomen.org/content/zimbabwe-recognise-womens-role-khupe

People

“At the level of luminous beings the range is so broad that it is futile to try to establish limits--thus, the energy of a luminous being can be transformed through will into anything.”

Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) Peruvian-American author

Source: The Eagle's Gift, (1981)

“The course to democratic transformation is not justified if we cannot defend our land.”

Ayaz Mutallibov (1938–2022) Soviet politician, then president of Azerbaijan

Source: "Azerbaijani Leader, Restored To Power, Imposes Emergency Rule" in The Washington Post https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:epcCRJyvH3AJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/05/15/azerbaijani-leader-restored-to-power-imposes-emergency-rule/c4a5d291-a743-4227-90db-54e0f9739b80/+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (15 May 1992)

“Be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds.”

Charles Fillmore (1854–1948) American mystic

Source: Mysteries Of John (1946)
Context: When we accomplish this transformation we shall see Jesus as He is and as we must all be in the resurrection from the dead and dying body in which we are now functioning. This is not to be accomplished by a great miracle at some appointed time in the future, but day by day we shall be resurrected out of the darkness of sense into the glorious light of Spirit.

“Jesus told His followers that when they were gathered in that upper room in Jerusalem the Holy Spirit would descend upon them with power; and they were transformed from ignorant men into linguists of unbelievable ability.”

Charles Fillmore (1854–1948) American mystic

Source: Mysteries Of John (1946)

Men

“Our bilateral cooperation with China has played a significant role in the transformation of our key development sectors, including infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, ICT, trade, mining, transport, as well as tourism.”

Édouard Ngirente (1973) Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, 2017-

Source: Édouard Ngirente (2021) cited in: " Prime Minister Ngirente: China-Africa ties crucial for development https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/prime-minister-ngirente-china-africa-ties-crucial-development" in The New Times, 16 November 2021.

Health, Education

“We are convinced that success for the transformation of food systems requires involvement, coordination and interconnectivity among different state and non-state stakeholders at domestic and international level.”

Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954) Prime Minister of Mozambique (2015-present)

Source: Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (2021) cited in: " Mozambique Seeks to Build Resilient Food Security https://allafrica.com/stories/202107020735.html" in All Africa, 2 July 2021.

Food, Success

“We are going to build a new era. Out with the death squads. Out with corruption. Out with drug trafficking and organized crime. No more poverty and misery. To victory! The people will always be united. Together, we are going to transform this country...”

Xiomara Castro (1959) First Lady of Honduras

speaking November 28, 2021 <br class="br">Quoted in “A Moment of Hope”: Xiomara Castro’s Likely Win in Honduran Election Ends Years of Right-Wing Rule After Coup https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/30/xiomara_castro_first_woman_president_honduras, Democracy Now!, November 30, 2021

People, Country, Victory, Death

“The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher

Heart, World, Love, Feeling

“People did not always love the mountains. Just a few hundred years ago the high mountains were regarded as horrible, monstrous places filling people with terror and fear. The inhabitants near them were seen as awful demons, subhumans. But this attitude got transformed into just the opposite, especially by Romantic writers and painters in the nineteenth century. Seen by the Romantics, high mountains became places of impossible beauty, where the quality of light and the expansive solitary grandeur of the high peaks opened the heart of the individual. A man climbing a mountain became the image of self-conscious intelligence pitted against the eternal indifference of the forces of nature. Compared to these forces of nature, we are nothing save for the will that moves our limbs. Only that will is truly our own.”

Heinz R. Pagels (1939–1988) American physicist

Source: The Cosmic Code (1982), p. 271-272

Mountain, Intelligence, Indifference, Nature

“The decisions I made after that moment were not the ones she would have made. They were the choices of a changed person, a new self.
You could call this selfhood many things. Transformation. Metamorphosis. Falsity. Betrayal.
I call it an education.”

Tara Westover book Educated

Source: Educated (2018), Chapter 40, “Educated” (p. 329)

Betrayal, Personality, Decision, Education

“There is no doubt in my mind that, from the third-person point of view, monarchy is the most reasonable form of government. By embodying the state in a fragile human person, it captures the arbitrariness and the givenness of political allegiance, and so transforms allegiance into affection.”

Roger Scruton (1944–2020) English philosopher

The Meaning of Conservatism (2001), p. 193

Personality

“It's not that pain equals art. It's that creativity has the power to look pain in the eye, and to decide to turn it into something better. ... The quest to transform pain into beauty is one of the great catalysts of artistic expression.”

Susan Cain book Bittersweet

Bittersweet, Chapter 3 at p. 61

Pain, Beauty, Art

“God bestows perfect security on His devotees and removes all sorts of fears. He transforms the sense of insecurity and fear into one of confidence and faith. He saves him from panic and despair.”

Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher

Conquest of Fear (c-1960)

Despair, God, Confidence, Faith

“As you think, so you become. As you think, so you develop. As is your ideal, so gradually your life will become. This is so, because there is a great transforming power in thought.”

Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher

Conquest of Fear (c-1960)

Thinking, Life

“It is not through compulsion or rules or regulations that men can be transformed into divine beings. They all must have convincing experiences of their own.”

Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher

Helpfulness and Love Towards All
Autobiography of Swami Sivananda (1958)

Men

“Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. That's why Jesus says, "Love your enemies." Because if you hate your enemies, you have no way to redeem and to transform your enemies. But if you love your enemies, you will discover that at the very root of love is the power of redemption. You just keep loving people and keep loving them, even though they're mistreating you. Here's the person who is a neighbor, and this person is doing something wrong to you and all of that. Just keep being friendly to that person. Keep loving them. Don't do anything to embarrass them. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with bitterness because they're mad because you love them like that. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

1950s, Loving Your Enemies (November 1957)

Personality, Madness, Thinking, Love

“The disappearance of a world divided into antagonistic systems is related to profound internal transformations in post-socialist countries. I am convinced of the need to establish the most favourable regime possible for those countries’ integration into the international community.”

Leonid Kuchma (1938) Second president of Ukraine

Speech at the 50th session of the United Nations General Assembly (excerpts) (1995)

Communication, World, Country

“We do not escape our boundaries or our innermost being. We do not change. It is true we may be transformed, but we always walk within our boundaries, within the marked-off circle.”

Ernst Jünger book The Glass Bees

The Glass Bees (1957)

Change

“From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rent, into a social power capable of being monopolized, i.e., from the moment when individual property can no longer be transformed into bourgeois property, into capital, from that moment, you say individuality vanishes.”

Friedrich Engels book The Communist Manifesto

Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848)

Money

“Our people are undertaking the historic mission of modernizing our agriculture, industry, national defence and science and technology within the present century, in order to transform China into a modern and powerful socialist state.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the National Conference on Science (March 1978) (exerpts)

People, Science

“With commitment and dedication he transforms simple opportunities into incredible realities.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Impegno e dedizione trasformano semplici opportunità in incredibili realtà.
Source: prevale.net

Reality

“Never underestimate a woman. A woman is a fortress capable of facing difficulties and transforming them into opportunities for lived experience.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Mai sottovalutare una donna. Una donna è una fortezza capace di affrontare le difficoltà e di trasformarle in opportunità di esperienza vissuta.
Source: prevale.net

“Who is succesfull in life is he who dares to transform his fears into courage.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Chi ha successo nella vita è colui che osa trasformare le sue paure in coraggio.
Source: prevale.net

Courage, Fear, Life

“The woman has a warrior instinct, she cares for and protects what she loves. She transforms feelings into actions and has a sixth sense that is never wrong. Respecting her should not be a courtesy, but a duty.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La donna ha un istinto guerriero, cura e protegge ciò che ama. Trasforma i sentimenti in azioni ed ha un sesto senso che non sbaglia mai. Rispettarla non deve essere una cortesia, ma un dovere.
Source: prevale.net

Feeling, Sense, Love

“Examples of life are those who have succeeded in transforming the impossible into the possible.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Esempi di vita sono coloro che sono riusciti a trasformare l'impossibile in possibile.
Source: prevale.net

Life

“Solitude is the refuge of meditation to transform silence into creation.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La solitudine è il rifugio della meditazione per trasformare il silenzio in creazione.
Source: prevale.net

Solitude, Silence

“Following the wise advices of a parent is an act of awareness that transforms his experience into a compass for own present.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Seguire i saggi consigli di un genitore è un atto di consapevolezza che trasforma la sua esperienza in una bussola per il proprio presente.
Source: prevale.net

Parent

“True nobility of spirit manifests itself in the ability not to cast one's shadow on others, transforming the burden of problems into an act of kindness and inner strength.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La vera nobiltà d'animo si manifesta nella capacità di non gettare la propria ombra sugli altri, trasformando il peso dei problemi in un atto di gentilezza e forza interiore.
Source: prevale.net

Problem

“Love transforms everyday life into something of great value, making every instant unique and unrepeatable.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: L'amore trasforma la quotidianità in qualcosa di grande valore, rendendo ogni istante unico e irripetibile.
Source: prevale.net

Love, Life

“Getting lost helps you rediscover a lighter, more mindful and present version of yourself. It is a necessary act that transforms darkness into a new opportunity for light.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Perdersi aiuta a riscoprire una versione di sé più leggera, consapevole e presente. È un atto necessario che trasforma l'oscurità in una nuova opportunità di luce.
Source: prevale.net

Light, Help

“Transform your life into a great work of art by realizing your dreams, never settling for the ordinary, but leaving a unique and indelible mark on the world.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Trasforma la tua vita in una grande opera d'arte realizzando i tuoi sogni, senza mai accontentarti dell'ordinario, ma lasciando un segno unico e indelebile nel mondo.
Source: prevale.net

Dreams, Art, World, Life

“Complex challenges attract curious minds and free spirits. The impossible becomes a source of inspiration, opportunity, and possibility, transforming every mission, deemed impossible, into an invaluable growth experience.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Le sfide complesse attraggono menti curiose e spiriti liberi. L'impossibile diventa fonte di ispirazione, opportunità e possibilità, trasformando ogni missione, ritenuta impossibile, in un'inestimabile esperienza di crescita.
Source: prevale.net

“Life's difficulties offer irreplaceable training for the mind, transforming obstacles into veritable gyms for strategic thinking.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Le difficoltà della vita offrono un allenamento insostituibile per la mente, trasformando gli ostacoli in vere e proprie palestre per il pensiero strategico.
Source: prevale.net

Thinking, Training, Life

“Letting yourself be carried away by music cancels the border between the listener and the work itself, transforming the sound experience into an extension of one's emotions, allowing memories, joys or melancholies to be processed in a way that words alone would not be able to do.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Lasciarsi trasportare dalla musica annulla il confine tra l'ascoltatore e l'opera stessa, trasformando l'esperienza sonora in un'estensione delle proprie emozioni, permettendo di elaborare ricordi, gioie o malinconie in un modo che le sole parole non sarebbero in grado di fare.
Source: prevale.net

Way, Memory, Music, Joy

“Music has the power to amplify every nuance of the soul, transforming everyday moments into real soundtracks.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La musica ha il potere di amplificare ogni sfumatura dell'anima, trasformando i momenti quotidiani in vere e proprie colonne sonore.
Source: prevale.net

Music, Soul

“Remaining silent in the face of incorrect or rude behavior risks legitimizing them, transforming silence into a form of complicity. Reacting clearly and effectively is essential both to protect yourself, both to promote a culture based on respect.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Restare in silenzio di fronte a comportamenti scorretti o maleducati rischia di legittimarli, trasformando il silenzio in una forma di complicità. Reagire in modo chiaro ed efficace è essenziale sia per proteggersi, sia per promuovere una cultura basata sul rispetto.
Source: prevale.net

Silence, Behavior

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Quotes about transformation
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