Quotes about Transformation

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Leader, Philosopher, Writer

The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.

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Dalai Lama, XIV

Leader of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, Exiled Leader of Tibet

A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

Effort - Genuine - Lasting - Spiritual - Transformation

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Eckhart Tolle

Spiritual Teacher, Author

Being aware of your breath forces you into the present moment - the key to all inner transformation. Whenever you are conscious of the breath, you are absolutely present. You may also notice that you cannot think and be aware of your breathing. Conscious breathing stops your mind.

Breathing - Consciousness - Force - Key - Mindset - Thinking - Transformation

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Alan Greenspan

Economist, Former Chair of the US Federal Reserve

The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses...While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the "old," pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns.

Doubt - Drama - Economy - Force - Innovation - Past - Productivity - Return - Technology - Tendency - Transformation - Yielding

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Ludwig von Mises

Composer, Economist, Philosopher

Interventionism cannot be considered as an economic system destined to stay. It is a method for the transformation of capitalism into socialism by a series of successive steps.

Capitalism - Economy - Socialism - Transformation

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Napoleon Hill

Leader, Writer, Author

Nothing was ever created by a human being that was not first created in the imagination through desire and then transformed into reality through concentration.

Human - Imagination - Reality - Transformation

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

Leader, Philosopher, Writer

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.

Discovery - Ecstasy - Extraordinary - Feelings - Love - Transformation - Willing - World

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Paulo Coelho

Writer, Novelist, Lyricist

Why do they make things so complicated?" "So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand.," he said. "Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value." "It's those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work.

Achievement - Imagination - Loss - Mastering - Persistence - Studying - Transformation - Value - Willing

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Hermann Hesse

Poet, Novelist, Painter

To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.

Death - Loss - Transformation

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Marshall B. Rosenberg

Psychologist

However impressed we may be with NVC concepts, it is only through practice and application that our lives are transformed.

Communicate - Impression - Practice - Transformation

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Amartya Sen

Economist, Philosopher

The understanding that women are not inferior across the world, it's something that you can get from school, not only from the book but also from chatting with other kids. It's a big impact. One of the curious things is that even when - and this we found from studies - the schools are doing pretty badly in terms of their education, about mathematics and literature and language, going to school transformed people because I think the action of schooling, the activity, is very important.

Actions - Activity - Book - Curiosity - Finding - Inferiority - Linguistics - Literature - Mathematics - People - School - Studying - Thinking - Transformation - World

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Erich Fromm

Actor, Psychologist, Psychologist

Man represses the irrational passions of destructiveness, hate, envy, revenge; he worships power, money, the sovereign state, the nation; while he pays lip service to the teachings of the great spiritual leaders of the human race, those of Buddha, the prophets, Socrates, Jesus, Mohammed-he has transformed these teachings into a jungle of superstition and idol-worship. How can mankind save itself from destroying itself by this discrepancy between intellectual-technical overmaturity and emotional backwardness?

Destroying - Destructiveness - Emotions - Envy - Hate - Human - Leadership - Man - Mankind - Nations - Passion - Payment - Prophecy - Revenge - Sovereignty - Spiritual - State - Teaching - Transformation - Worship

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Deepak Chopra

Actor, Philosopher, Author

Yoga means union of the individual mind with universal mind, so meditation is considered the essence of yoga. The transformation of the mind and body during meditation is significantly more profound than simply resting with your eyes closed.

Essence - Individual - Meaning - Meditation - Mindset - Transformation - Unions - Universal

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Pope Francis

Head of the Catholic Church, Sovereign of the Vatican City State

No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice

Academia - Demanding - Essence - Faithfulness - Hearing - Human - Judging - Mission - Transformation

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Amartya Sen

Economist, Philosopher

I guess some of the most delightful moments of my teenage years were when I was trying not just to educate myself but trying to educate others. And I could see how the lives of children could be transformed in that.

Children - Education - Transformation - Trial

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Napoleon Hill

Leader, Writer, Author

If you don’t have a plan, you will fail, and you can quote me.” You need a definite plan, it should be written down, and it should dictate, with military precision, the moves that you will be taking. Napoleon Hill said, “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality.

Failing - Military - Movement - Organization - Plan - Precision - Reality - Transformation - Writing

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Robert Kennedy

Actor, Politician, Former U.S. Senator

Desegregation of schools does not automatically transform them into better schools. It is only a step. The larger goal is to see that the education of our youth is not merely desegregated, but that it is excellent.

Betting - Doing - Education - Excellence - Goals - School - Transformation - Youth

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Erich Fromm

Actor, Psychologist, Psychologist

In our enthusiasm to dominate nature and to produce more material good - goods - we have transformed means into ends.

End - Enthusiasm - Good - Meaning - Production - Transformation

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Dalai Lama, XIV

Leader of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, Exiled Leader of Tibet

Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection.

Buddhism - Comfort - Dependence - Happiness - Health - Lasting - Love - Mindset - Peace - Pleasure - Progression - Providing - Spiritual - Transformation

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Paulo Coelho

Writer, Novelist, Lyricist

The soil needs the seed and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other. It is the same thing with human beings. When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform.

Female - Human - Male - Meaning - Transformation - Unions

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