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Quotes about Change

It's an action: You can't change the world, but you can change yourself.

Poison Idea
Source: "It's An Action", Pick Your King 7"
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It often happens that someone sees himself sitting peacefully and quietly, but when his brother says a word that upsets him, he is troubled.  Thus, he thinks that he is justly upset with him, saying, 'If he hadn't come and spoken to me and troubled me, I wouldn't have sinned.'  But this is folly and absurdity.  Did the person that spoke to him give him that passion?  He simply showed him that the passion existed within him, so that, if he wanted to, he could repent of it.  He is like fine bread bread that shines on the outside, but when one breaks it, he see its moldeness.  In just the same way, he was sitting, as he thought, in peace, but he had this passion inside him he was unaware of.  His brother said one word and revealed the filth hidden inside him.  Therefore if he wants to receive mercy, he must repent, purify himself, progress and he must understand that he ought to thank his brother for being the great cause of his spiritual benefit.

Saint Dorotheos of Gaza
Source: Daily Lives, Miracles, and Wisdom of the Saints and Fasting Calendar
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So if you see the truth that analysis is not the way for a mind to be completely free of its conditioning, then you will drop completely the analytical process.  If you see the danger of analysis as you see the danger of a serpent, actually see the danger of it, then you will never touch it.  Then the mind is free from the idea of analysis; therefore, it has already a different quality. It is capable then of looking in another direction. The old direction, the old tradition, the methods, the systems, what the gurus offer, what all the books offer is the gradual process, which is a form of analysis.  When you see the truth of it, you are completely out of it. Therefore your mind has become much sharper, much clearer.

J. (Jiddu) Krishnamurti : Indian religious figure, spiritual teacher, educated in England
J. Krishnamurti (1895 - 1986)
Source: Inward Revolution
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In England, when people bow before the queen, they do so out of respect, but it does not imply any repentance.  But when we bow before Christ, it means that we are ready to empty ourselves from an evil mind, from any evil thought or act, or any evil thing in our lives.

Bishop Joseph
Source: http://www.antiochianladiocese.org/
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Grand plans don't change the world. The world is changed by a simple idea put into practice.

Mr. : Mr. Prophet
Mr. Prophet
Source: Book: The Path
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I heard you coming from the change in your pocket, too bad it's something you carry and not something you do.  Change that is.

Tina : girl_who_never_forgets
Christina Pagliarulo
 
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O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk.  But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to Thy servant.  Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own sins and not to judge my brother; for Thou art blessed unto ages of ages.  Amen.

Saint Ephraim the Syrain
Source: Traditional Prayer of the Holy Orthodox Christian Church
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Do not hate evils in others when they exist in yourself.  Rather, show hatred for the evils in your own person.

Saint John the Solitary
Source: Daily Lives, Miracles, and Wisdom of the Saints and Fasting Calendar
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Peace is an individual conquest; it has never been a deed of the masses.

Armando Cosani
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Of all the changes we can embrace, the most significant and far reaching are the inward changes.  They are also the ones we resist the most.  Are we willing to release all that we are for all that we could be?

cindy roskamp
 
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To thou own Soul be True, Nothing Changes with Time, All Things changes with Increased Knowledge.

Fadel Adoe
 
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We're always going to face problems; life is full of them. Sometimes they're unexpected. We can either just react to these problems in the usal mechanical way, or, we can use them for our own learning.

Belzebuub (Mark H. Pritchard)
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Inner change affects whatever we do in our lives, and if we change enough, it eventually makes us reflect upon how we live it and what the purpose of our life is.

Belzebuub (Mark H. Pritchard)
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THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE

Isaac Asimov : American scientist & science-fiction writer
Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
 
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Horses change lives.  They give our young people confidence and self-esteem.  They provide peace and tranquillity to troubled souls-they give us hope!

Toni Robinson
 
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The world is not full of evil because of those who do wrong.  It is full of evil because of those who do nothing.

Albert Einstein : German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist, famous for his theories of relativity.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
 
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We need a much deeper understanding of exactly what it is our industrial society, in its present creation, is jeopardizing. We need a more profound perception of what is at stake.

Van Jones : Gaia Explorer
Van Jones
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To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people.

Van Jones : Gaia Explorer
Van Jones
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It is only through change we grow, gain experience and live. Yet it is how we choose to REACT to change that makes a difference.

unknown : Gaia Child
unknown
 
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Maya Angelou : African-American philsopher, writer, actress, singer & poet laureate
Maya Angelou (1928 - )
 
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"The problem with the world's problem's today is not so much the problems, but our answers"

Chase Streetman
 
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Harriet Tubman (1820? - 1913)
Source: Thinkexist.com
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To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard. If one changes internally, one should not continue to live with the same objects. They reflect one's mind and the psyche of yesterday. I throw away what has no dynamic, living use.

Anaïs Nin
 
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It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path of purpose and meaning unless he or she is motivated by a crisis. Most often we require the failure of some system of power that we rely on before we take action.

Caroline Myss : Gaia Child
Caroline Myss
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You never really know how or when your life is going to change, and that's for the best.

Caroline Myss : Gaia Child
Caroline Myss
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Barack Obama : Gaia Child
Barack Obama
 
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Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

Jack Welch : Gaia Child
Jack Welch
 
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
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Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

James Robinson
 
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

"Mahatma" Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi : Indian spiritual and political leader, called Mahatma "great soul"
Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
 
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