Quotes about Transformation

I have wondered why it is that our greatest triumphs spring from our greatest extremity and adversity. Perhaps it is because we are so resistant to change, we only move when our seat becomes too hot to occupy.

That's what hate does — it remakes us in its image.

Sometimes we need the darkness to reveal our light.

What a peculiar alchemist is time—transforming painful experiences into comedy.

Hating those boys didn't do anything to the boys, just to me. So I pushed them and all my hate from my heart. Once I did that, God came back in.

Forgiveness is alchemy. To take something so base and ugly that you don't even want to think of it and turn it into something noble and fine. That is true alchemy. Remember that. It's not always easy, but if you can do that, you'll have a happy life.

Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact, God loves you so that you can change. What empowers change, what makes you desirous of change is the experience of love. It is that inherent experience of love that becomes the engine of change.

Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable.

I do not think you should get rid of your sin until you have learned what it has to teach you.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.

the more that sin is seen, the more it is hated, and therefore it is less. Dust particles are in a room before the sun shines, but they only appear then.

Perfect refining is for another world