Top 10 Spiritual Quotes on Change

Spiritual quotes on change for those who want to change, don’t want to change or want others to change!

Have you ever been asked for spare change? Did you happen to have some change to spare? I’m not taking coins here, I’m talking honest to goodness change – and not a coat of paint either. Real, authentic change is often challenging because it requires a break from the past.

Many of us spend much, if not all, of our lives stuck in being the same person we were at 10 or 16 or 20 – with the exemptions of less hair, more weight, broken dreams, etc. One of the better books I have read on the subject of change is Change or Die – which has some insight on why many people choose to die instead of choosing to change.

My father tells a story about a friend of his and my mother’s that got cancer. When it came time to decide on chemotherapy, she wasn’t sure about taking chemotherapy because she would lose all of her hair – which was a great pride to her.

Here are a few quotes to ponder about change from a spiritual perspective – wait a sec – isn’t it all spiritual??

• You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

• “One act of surrender, one change of heart, one leap of faith, can change your life forever.” -Robert Holden

• “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Victor Frankl
• “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”- Alan Watts
• “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” –  Dr. Wayne Dyer
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” – Helen Keller
• Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. – Buddha
• “Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.” – Dali Lama
• “The first step toward change is acceptance.” “Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That’s all you have to do.” “Change is not something you do, it’s something you allow.”- Will Garcia
• “You cannot change what is happening now so that you become yourself. You are already yourself; you just need to relax into it.” – A. H. Almaas

Admit It and Change Everything  –  Rumi

Define and narrow me, you starve yourself of yourself.
Nail me down in a box of cold words, that box is your coffin.
I do not know who I am.
I am in astounded lucid confusion.

I am not a Christian, I am not a Jew, I am not a Zoroastrian,
And I am not even a Muslim.
I do not belong to the land, or to any known or unknown sea.
Nature cannot own or claim me, nor can heaven,

Nor can India, China, Bulgaria,
My birthplace is placelessness,
My sign to have and give no sign.
You say you see my mouth, ears, eyes, nose – they are not mine.

I am the life of life.
I am that cat, this stone, no one.
I have thrown duality away like an old dishrag,
I see and know all times and worlds,

As one, one, always one.
So what do I have to do to get you to admit who is speaking?
Admit it and change everything!
This is your own voice echoing off the walls of God.  

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