Transitions Quotes

54 quotes by 46 authors

It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death,… — Saint Basil
The difference between an interesting and a tedious teacher consists in little more than the inventiveness by which the one is able to mediate these… — William James
When two minds of a high order, interested in kindred subjects, come together, their conversation is chiefly remarkable for the summariness of its allusions and… — William James
The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to construct functional intermediates… — Stephen Jay Gould
Either the Earth System would undergo major phase transitions as a result of unchecked human pressure on nature's capacities and resources or a "Great Transformation"… — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
It is impossible to overestimate the influence of parents who understand the hearts of their children. Research shows that during the most important transitions of… — Robert D. Hales
The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and… — William James
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. — William Bridges
Myths are about the human struggle to deal with the great passages of time and life--birth, death, marriage, the transitions from childhood to adulthood to… — Michael Shermer
As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B,… — Esa-Pekka Salonen
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose. — Bill Crawford
Neither transitions nor transformations will be manageable without novel forms of global governance and markets — Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
So . . . I feel in regard to this aged England . . . pressed upon by transitions of trade and . . .… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature, like a true poet, abhors abrupt transitions. — Heinrich Heine
If we prepare ourselves for life's inevitables, we will not be perplexed by life's transitions. — Jack Hyles
But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy. — Timothy Garton Ash
Some people in Hollywood think of me as a model for dramatic midlife transitions: suburban housewife to Emmy-winning actress. But I never plotted out a… — Kathryn Joosten
Transitions themselves are not the issue, but how well you respond to their challenges! — Jim George
All transitions are composed of an ending, a neutral zone and a new beginning — William Bridges
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the new site, the… — William Bridges

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