For the ethical, political activism was seductive because it seemed to offer the possibility that one could improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal of rearranging one’s perceptions and transforming one’s...

Death is the great disruptor; it thrusts us opposite life’s mirror, invites our truthful exploration, and reveals the naked truth; from which rebirth is possible and we are free to reinvent ourselves anew.

He turns the key.Presto!It opens this book of odd taleswhich transform the Brothers Grimm.Transform?As if an enlarged paper clipcould be a piece of sculpture.(And it could.)

My dream is big and it travels on top of the waves of change and transformation for many but it starts here, next to home.

Sooner or later on this journey, every traveller faces the same question: Are you a human intending to be a god, or a god pretending to be human?

It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating. Today, for instance, as man and woman, both lover and mistress, I...

Jesus wastes none of our stories, even our tales of woe. He transforms them into epic adventures where we dare to face our past for the sake of our present.

The cross is the place where heaven meets earth and grace erupts. The cross is the place where Jesus does not simply meet our suffering, but becomes our suffering so as to transform the world.

Gratitude is not just a word; it is a way a of life.

You replace every molecule of every cell in your body within the course of only one year. I am not being flip when I refer to the “new you.” It is quite literally possible, no...

In her novel Regeneration, Pat Barker writes of a doctor who ‘knew only too well how often the early stages of change or cure may mimic deterioration. Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find...

To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through...

Transformation can come in the mysterious guise of shape-shifting, or through a simple change of mind

Wishes and wants do not transform a person; actions and reactions do so! Show the world your plans by the actions you take progressively and consistently.

Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world.

Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.

There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. And those dead folks would give anything at all for just five minutes...

When you become the image of your own imagination, it’s the most powerful thing you could ever do.

And these thingsthat keep alive on departure know that you praise them; transient,they look to us, the most transient, to be their rescue.They want us to change them completely, in our invisible hearts,into — O...

Quoting from Thomas MertonDialogues With SilenceThe true contemplative is not one who prepares his mind for a particular message that he wants or expects to hear, but is one who remains empty because he knows...

It doesn’t matter who said it, as long as it changed you.

In lieu of Tasers, you’ll have to hit me. Hard as you can. Then maybe some kind of fight-or-flight response will kick in and I’ll turn into a bat to get away from you.””Fight or...

…your tranquil yes to the changing over into the formless void of the unlimited.

Nothing gets transformed in your life until your mind is transformed.

Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.

Lasting change cannot occur without transformation of the heart.

blessed are those who can find light in dark places, courageous enough to feel when it’s time to reflect & hopeful enough to believe when all seems impossible. We don’t have enough pioneers like this,...

Whenever we decide to create a greater degree of change in our lives we need to start doing things differently. Any external change only reflects the inner transformation. Hence whenever we decide to change our...

I can feel myself gently slipping away into a light trance by the quarter moon light as the candles are blown out, and my last thought is that we have gone back to the jungle,...

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.

Change blows through the branches of our existence. It fortifies the roots on which we stand, infuses crimson experience with autumn hues, dismantles Winter’s brittle leaves, and ushers Spring into our fertile environments. Seeds of...

Choose love and joy as much as you can in each moment and watch your life transform.

Creativity connects me to my truest self and vulnerability. There is nothing more personally liberating, than reaching for my face and peeling off the social mask that hides my; shadow self, pain and weakness. When...

To succeed in this day and age, all you need to be ahead of the pack is to be informed, and turn the information into transformation for your betterment and that of others.

Black magic, the magic of the primeval chaos, blots out or transmogrifies the true form of things. At the stroke of twelve the princess must flee the banquet or risk discovery in the rags of...

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.

The power to change is already within you, ready to be discovered. Find new methods to deal with old routines. It is up to you to make the conscious choices that bring a better future.

The people that surround us mirror who we are.

I was brought up Catholic. I’m lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I’m an atheist.

Fairy tales are about trouble, about getting into and out of it, and trouble seems to be a necessary stage on the route to becoming. All the magic and glass mountains and pearls the size...

We could never muster the strength to make lasting changes in our lives. That’s why we must rely on God’s strength to transform us.

If this planet is to be transformed for the better, then we as individuals must first transform ourselves.

Your transformation will be the miracle.

Time flies when you grow fangs and fur.

The thing about life, about change, is there are always lessons. Some are subtle, others not, and sometimes it takes being ripped out of your comfort zone to finally get it—then it’s transformative.

Its funny when people recently change their attitude to gain entrance into your heart, which may only ignite your passion to close the door.

Meditation is an essential travel partner on your journey of personal transformation. Meditation connects you with your soul,and this connection gives you access to your intuition, your heartfelt desires, your integrity, and the inspiration to...

REPENT:FOR THE KINGDOM OF GODIS AT HANDThe whole message of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ are: Repent: For the Kingdom of God is at hand.But this message has been terrible misunderstood by the priests...

We can all do so much more than we think we can. Wherever you think you are right now, you can go further, do better, be more than ever! What’s wonderful is the future you’re...