The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That's the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
Wars and conflicts begin in the mind, then they are expressed in words and then executed through physical action, so personal transformation is intricately connected with the social and political transformation.
Without deep personal transformation, collective transformation is not possible.
Nelson Mandela understood that social transformation and economic transformation go hand in hand.
I believe that personal healing is a path to social transformation.
Knowledge builds on the past and has its place. Wisdom is beyond time. It's the direct perception of reality as it is. And in this direct seeing of what is lies the potential of transformation-a transformation that is not merely a redecoration of the past but a transformation of humanity that embodies the eternally new.
Turkey is going through an incredible economic, political and social transformation. What is most important is that Turkey has been the owner of this transformation. Ownership has been the key to success.
All magic is about transformation... the performance magician is telling you that you are the magician in your own life. You are the agent of transformation, your own transformation.
The only transformation that interests me is a total transformation - however minute
Kindness holds the key to the secret of our own transformation and, in the process, of the transformation of the world.
The whole process of acting is transformation. What is your power, quality and level of transformation, define you as an actor.
The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside.
You cant have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.
The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.
'Aquarian Conspiracy' is the term I have coined for the network of people working for social transformation based on personal inner change. Such a notion is not at all alien to the American milieu.
Transformation always and necessarily calls for a transformation of oneself and one's environment. But I don't see that happening. People are stuck with their own positions that never change.