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What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything ...

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Yukio MishimaThe Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.

So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the tra...

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ZhuangziThe Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

Zhuangzi's wife died. When Huizu went to convey his condolences, he found Zhuangzi sitting with his ...

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ZhuangziThe Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

A child, obeying his father and mother, goes wherever he is told, east or west, south or north. And ...

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ZhuangziThe Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively.'You must want to fly so much that you are will...

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How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively.'You must want to fly so much that you are will...

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Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to...

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AberjhaniJourney through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made ...

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AberjhaniVisions of a Skylark Dressed in Black

He say, Celie, tell me the truth. You don't like me cause I'm a man?I blow my nose. take off they pa...

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Suddenly you realize that you are the mother of the Universe, eager to protect, transform and care e...

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Enlightenment is the transformation that brings out the highest human qualities. It is the process t...

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Meditation is the process of transformation and beautification of soul from a leaf-eating caterpilla...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Random acts of kindness, however small it may be can transform the world.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind usis a part o...

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I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women ther...

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Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become woman was painful. I wept becau...

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Anaïs NinHenry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin

There are women’s voices that sound like poetic, unearthly echoes. Then they change. The eyes change...

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And each stroke of his tongue ripped off skin after successive skin, all the skins of a life in the ...

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To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpil...

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He turns the key.Presto!It opens this book of odd taleswhich transform the Brothers Grimm.Transform?...

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I had seen these transformations, people who had lost their will to live, coming back from their zom...

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Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.

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Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure Of The Noble Bachelor

By the time I had complete my 22nd year, I was a new man - an atheist.

He had turned into a dragon while he was asleep. Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish...

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C. S. LewisThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The goal of the human experience is to transform ourselves from being who long to attain power in th...

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Manipulating or controlling others through the use of one's illness or suffering,for example,was-and...

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Caroline MyssDefy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason

Where's Simon?" Clary interrupted.Isabelle wobbled. "He's a rat," she said darkly.Did he do somethin...

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Where's Simon?" Clary interrupted.Isabelle wobbled. "He's a rat," she said darkly.Did he do somethin...

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Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!‘I will live in the Pas...

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But now I want to say things that comfort me and that are a little free. For example: Thursdat is a ...

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To be American is to be part of a dialogical and democratic operation that grapples with the challen...

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When something goes wrong, what's the best course of action? To change your direction. The word repe...

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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more

Fixate on whole cultures, not specific pieces of poverty. No specific intervention is going to turn ...

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To only responsible choice I can make is to be love and happiness." Vincellent"Love the world as you...

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Your body, which is bonding millions of molecules every second, depends on transformation. Breathing...

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Deepak ChopraThe Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life

The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India's transformation in the new millenniu...

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It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in on...

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The Augusteum warns me not to get attached to any obsolete ideas about who I am, what I represent, w...

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What holds true for the individual holds true for a society. It is never static; if it does not grow...

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Erich FrommThe Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology

Friedrich Nietzsche, who famously gave us the ‘God is dead’ phrase was interested in the sources of ...

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Frans de WaalThe Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a ...

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To do for yourself the best that you have it in you to do—to grit your teeth and clench your fists i...

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Frederick BuechnerThe Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days

How many nights must it takeone such as me to learnthat we aren’t, after all, madefrom that bird tha...

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If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformat...

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It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your...

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Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.

Perfection lies in fullness of journey. For this reason, never think you have arrived. Forget what l...

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...your tranquil yes to the changing over into the formless void of the unlimited.

Might we begin then to transform our passing illuminations into abiding light?

He thought that it was all over, finished, done with. Andrew had never yet had reason to observe the...

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Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should...

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Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.

Speed to fail should be every entrepreneur's motto. When you finally find the one idea that can't be...

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Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise.

The power of crowd sourcing always remains with the crowd, not the technological implementation.

CEOs will gladly overpay for a company if the acquisition enables them to keep their jobs.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

Building a career or a company is about living a few years of your life like most people won't so th...

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The most important tool you have on a resume is language.

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead...

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A disruptor finds opportunity and profit from his misfortunes.

If you don't know where you want to be in five years, how do you ever expect to get there?

At the heart of all sales and marketing is the ability to create demand even in the absence of logic...

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Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new ent...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

All businesses -- no matter if they make dog food or software -- don't sell products, they sell solu...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you lov...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

There are riches to be found simply by capturing the value released through others' disruptive break...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

The majority of people are not willing to risk what they have built for the opportunity to have some...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Disruption isn't about what happens to you, it's about how you respond to what happens to you.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn'...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Data may disappoint, but it never lies.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

The business world is littered with the fossils of companies that failed to evolve. Disrupt or be di...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

A career is just a longer trip with a whole lot more baggage.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

In life, you get what you believe you deserve.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Insight and drive are all the skills you need. Everything else can be hired.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Data has no ego and makes an excellent co-pilot.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Whether driven by ambition or circumstance, every career gets disrupted.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Your energy is a valuable resource, distribute it wisely.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Plan for ways to get more enjoyment into your life and you will get more joy out of it.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

An average idea enthusiastically embraced will go farther than a genius idea no one gets.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

A negative mind will never find success. I have never heard a positive idea come from a person in a ...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

You will have more regrets for the things you didn't try than the ones you tried and didn't succeed ...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

The real challenge is for each of us to determine where we feel we can make the most impact.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful ones know that the most...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering ...

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

To be successful, innovation is not just about value creation, but value capture.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation

No one who ever led a nation got there by following the path of another.

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Jay SamitDisrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation