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title: "4 Power Transformation Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/we-vastly-underestimate-the-power-of-transformation-of-mind/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/matthieu-ricard-4004_change_we-vastly-underestimate-the-power-of-tra_1829616.jpg)

> [“We had a hard life but we didn't know it...We had power…it's a power of transformation you have, when you're stuffed full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/we-had-a-hard-life-but-we-didn-t-know-it-we-had-power-it-s-a-power-of/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/alice-munro-1231_change_we-had-a-hard-life-but-we-didn-t-know-it_2698838.png)

> [Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-rutherford/anyone-who-expects-a-source-of-power-from-the-transformation-of-the/)

[Ernest Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-rutherford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/ernest-rutherford-13268_atoms_anyone-who-expects-a-source-of-power-fro_2700593.png)

> [Power, as human beings exercise power, to me means the ability to change: the ability to change oneself, the ability to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-jefferts-schori/power-as-human-beings-exercise-power-to-me-means-the-ability-to/)

[Katharine Jefferts Schori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-jefferts-schori/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/katharine-jefferts-schori-6669_ability_power-as-human-beings-exercise-power-to_2839561.png)

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