Quotes by Change In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of our own sweat. When we examine that comfortable darkness - look at it, smell it, feel it - we find it is claustrophobic. Chogyam Trungpa sweat light change When we hide from the world in this way, we feel secure. We may think we have quieted our fear, but we are actually making ourselves numb with fear. We surround ourselves with our own familiar thoughts, so that nothing sharp or painful can touch us. Chogyam Trungpa change world thinking When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of behavior and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh grass. Instead, we wrap ourselves in our own dark environment, where our only companion is the smell of our own sweat. In the cocoon, there is no dance, no walking or breathing. It is comfortable and sleepy, an intense and very familiar home. Chogyam Trungpa change dark home Then, we realize that the degraded cocoon we have been hiding in is revolting, and we want to turn up the lights as far as we can. In fact, we are not turning up the lights, but we are simply opening our eyes wider. We catch a certain kind of fever. Chogyam Trungpa light eye change I think if I were to get as big as I could get, it does change your mind-state. I think like the little man. I think like the underdog. I don't want to change that. Chris Rock change men thinking An award does not change the quality of a book. Chris Van Allsburg awards change book Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now. Chris Van Allsburg muse change reason During my Austin years, I was drawing a regular strip for the University Of Texas newspaper, going to school, delivering blood, and trying to change my approach and "style" as much as I could, since I knew that I'd calcify as I got older. Chris Ware texas change school Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers. Christian Bauman persistence change writing True health begins with your thoughts. Thinking about comfort, strength, flexibility and youthfulness attracts those qualities into your life and body. Dwelling on illness, fear, disease and pain does just the opposite. Your work is to notice and change your thoughts and move them in the direction of health and happiness. Christiane Northrup strength change happiness I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. I know what it means to lose everything, to let go of one life and find another. And now I feel, with a strange, deep certainty, that it must be my lot in life to be taught that lesson over and over again. Christina Baker Kline change letting-go life We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians. Christine Gregoire legacy labels change Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled. Christine Lagarde change inspirational funny The irony here is this administration is spending more money on climate change research and development than any administration in all the rest of the industrialized world combined. Christine Todd Whitman research-and-development climate change Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change. Christopher Reeve change trying looks Divorce is just about change, you know. It's God saying, You need a change. And I'm going to make it so your bank account only has change. Christopher Titus divorce change needs Once I started working with the Polaroid, I would take a shot and if that shot was good, then I'd move the model and change the lighting or whatever... slowly sneaking up on what I wanted rather than having to predetermine what it was. Chuck Close polaroids change moving The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That's the only lasting thing you can create. Chuck Palahniuk change dream inspirational If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? Chuck Palahniuk change character death The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger. Chuck Palahniuk fighting change running «2021222324252627282930»