Becoming Quotes - Page 12

• That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.

  Plato

  Helping, Opinion, Reason

  Plato (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated)”, p.2120, Delphi Classics

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• When you are aware of space, you are not really aware of anything, except awareness itself - the inner space of consciousness. Through you, the universe is becoming aware of itself! Just as space enables all things to exist and just as without silence there could be no sound, you would not exist without the vital formless dimension that is the essence of who you are.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Essence, Space, Silence

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• I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

  John Mayall

  Musician, Corny

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• Climbing is this long term, lifelong journey. It's really important to just take your time with it and keep it fun. I've seen a lot of people burn out because it starts becoming this job for them. It stops being fun. For me, it's been really important to keep it enjoyable. Listen to your motivation.

  Chris Sharma

  Jobs, Fun, Motivation

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• As my prayer became more attentive and inward, I had less and less to say. I finally became completely silent... This is how it is. To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent, and being silent, and waiting until God is heard.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Prayer, Mean, Waiting

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• I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Looking Forward, Quiet

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• Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Beautiful, Believe, Soul

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.820, Manonmani Publishers

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• Sexual harassment is becoming the modus operandi of the new world (on-line)... It is the means by which some males are conquering and claiming the new territory as their own.

  Dale Spender

  Communication, Mean, Media

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• The root of all our personal and emotional difficulties is a lack of togetherness... I therefore believe that the surest route to overcoming problems and becoming the people we were meant to be is reconnecting with God and with our community.

  Larry Crabb

  Believe, Emotional, Roots

  Larry Crabb (2005). “Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships”, p.30, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It is only with the companionship of the Holy Ghost that we can hope to be equally yoked in a marriage free from discord. I have seen how that companionship is crucial for felicity in a marriage. The miracle of becoming one requires the help of heaven, and it takes time.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Becoming One, Heaven, Miracle

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• Through fear of knowing who we really are we sidestep our own destiny, which leaves us hungry in a famine of our own making...we end up living numb, passionless lives, disconnected from our soul's true purpose. But when you have the courage to shape your life from the essence of who you are, you ignite, becoming truly alive.

  Dawna Markova

  Destiny, Essence, Knowing

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• My evolution into becoming a photojournalist started with falling in love with literature when I was a teenager, falling in love with novels and imagining a life of being a storyteller.

  Ed Kashi

  Falling In Love, Teenager, Literature

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• Be what you are, and become what you are capable of becoming.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Capable

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• He came to this world and became a man in order to spread to other men the kind of Life He has - by what I call 'good infection'. Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Men, Order

  C. S. Lewis (2010). “A Year with C. S. Lewis: 365 Daily Readings from his Classic Works”, HarperCollins UK

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• One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Maturity, Mark, Ability

  Charles R. Swindoll (2006). “The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace Is One Thing. Living it Is Another.”, p.159, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Being In Love, Being Thankful, World

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 39: Sermons 2289-2341”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• It's not about finding great people, it's about becoming a great person

  Mark Yarnell

  Mlm, People, Marketing

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• Life doesn't have to be about finding Osama bin Laden or becoming the president of the United States. Life is about the little things, which is one of the things you learn when you get older.

  Jack Nicholson

  Life, President, United States

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• Basically, we are a whole world of people desperately trying to figure out what is the dark side of our natures and how much can we explore without becoming something else.

  William Petersen

  Dark, People, Trying

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• ...angels... are always being filled full of light, becoming ever more radiant and making blessed use of their natural ability to change. They dance for joy around the First Light, look continuously towards Him and are enlightened directly by Him, as they tirelessly sing the praises of the Fount of light and, being ministers of light, transmit illuminating grace to those lower beings who are being enlightened.

  Gregory Palamas

  Christian, Blessed, Angel

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• I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it.

  Tahir Shah

  Travel, Poverty, Bombay

  FaceBook post by Tahir Shah from Apr 15, 2013

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• ...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of insecurity, with dire consequences. Certain pathologies are increasing, with their psychological consequences; fear and desperation grip the hearts of many people, even in the so-called rich countries; the joy of life is diminishing; indecency and violence are on the rise; poverty is becoming more and more evident. People have to struggle to live and, frequently, to live in an undignified way.

  Pope Francis

  Country, Struggle, Heart

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• ...men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the "culture of waste." If you break a computer it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs, the dramas of so many people end up becoming the norm.

  Pope Francis

  Drama, Men, Idols

  "Pope Francis On World Environment Day Speaks Of Food Waste, Lack Of Attention To Needs Of Poor", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2013.

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• Becoming a real researcher has been the ultimate humbling experience for me. Nature is the examiner from hell; if you find new things at all, you always find them the hard way, with sweat and tears. Only then do you notice that there was a really easy way to find them. But this insight rarely arrives before you have been utterly humiliated and reduced to despair.

  Joao Magueijo

  Nature, Real, Sweat

  João Magueijo (2004). “Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation”, Penguin Group USA

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• I was escaping from Nature and at last becoming myself, that Other whom I was aspiring to be in the eyes of others.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Nature, Eye, Escaping

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