Self Change Quotes

Second, the only proven technique for treatment for chemically dependent people involves use of a spiritual program of self-change.

Something I’ve realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we’re smart about it.

Instant enlightenment. A quintessential modernism, culture and religion accommodated to the age of fast food and bumper stickers. But psyche and spirit are not so exempt from the natural domain that they can simply produce self-change instantaneously, on demand. Wisdom precipitates through a notoriously slow apparatus of retorts and flasks, and it has to find receptive ground only in a properly seasoned mind.

Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of reading books, attending meetings, asking questions. But entrance requires much bolder action. It requires one to enter into himself, to uncover hidden motives, to see contradictions, and to realize his actual power for self-change.

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Be the trouble you want to see in the world.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Be the change you want to see.

Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

Build what you want to see in the world.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!