We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
The phoenix must burn to emerge.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.