Change Quotes

"Becoming is always in process, never arriving at a final destination."

"Repetition creates difference; difference creates repetition."

"Every system contains the seeds of its own transformation."

"Every identity contains within it the seeds of its dissolution."

"We are always in the process of becoming what we are not yet."

"We are always in the process of becoming ourselves."

"The horizon of the present is constantly expanding as we encounter new texts and interpretations."

"The alienation of modern life stems partly from our attempt to escape tradition rather than to interpret it anew."

"The fusion of horizons is not a final achievement but a continuous process of understanding in new contexts."

"In order to get any real change, you have to suffer."

"To be human is to be incomplete, always becoming."

"We are perpetually in the process of becoming ourselves."

"The loss of traditional community has created a crisis of meaning in modern life."

"We are not born with an identity; identity is something we are forced to become."

"The future is not given; it emerges from our practices and choices."

"Change requires both imagination and the will to implement."

"Becoming is always 'between' two determinations; it is only the interval as a subject."

"The question 'what am I?' is less interesting than 'what can I become?'"

"Becomings are not analogical; they are the real, the positive, and the living."

"Becomings are always double, multiple, and never dual."

"The limit is not a boundary but a threshold of transformation."

"The event surprises every anticipation and calculation."

"Traditions are not conservative forces opposed to progress; they are the very vehicles of progress."

"Facticity is the given; transcendence is what we make of it through our projects and commitments."

"We are always becoming; the self is not a fixed entity but a continuous project."

"Change is inevitable; what matters is whether we shape change or are shaped by it."

"Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with other people and new experiences."

"In every crisis lies an opportunity for growth."

"The essential is not to change one's life but to know how to live."

"To exist is to radically change."