Immature citizens in several sizes were massed before a large factorylike structure where advanced techniques transformed them into true-thinking right-acting members of the three social classes, lower, middle, and upper middle.

Making a lifestyle change is challenging, especially when you want to transform many things at once, you better start with one, when you see the change you'll have an automatic motivation entering into your life.

There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. It's the art of putting all your energy into one thing; it's the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.

“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”

Humankind has accumulated generation upon generation of knowledge, the culmination of which is the vast and useful technological array we see everywhere in modern society. Despite this great accumulation of knowledge and technology, we still suffer from starvation and war. The difference between the past and the present is the difference between throwing rocks and shooting missiles. We are still in conflict. Suffering on a fundamental level hasn’t ceased. But we nevertheless persist in the notion that if we just amass a bit more knowledge, we’ll all be o.k. Maybe a new philosophy will do the trick, or a new system of government. But all of this has been tried many times.Knowledge builds on the past and has its place. Wisdom is beyond time. It’s the direct perception of reality as it is. And in this direct seeing of what is lies the potential of transformation—a transformation that is not merely a redecoration of the past but a transformation of humanity that embodies the eternally new.

“117 years ago the creation of De Beers was the wellspring of South Africa's own industrial revolution, ... The development we have unveiled today is no less auspicious and, I believe, just as ambitious in its goals and transformative in its effect.”

“You've got loggers and fishermen in Seattle who didn't know what sushi was a decade ago, eating it at the ballpark and wearing headbands with kanji [Japanese characters] on them, ... That's quite a transformation. Ichiro is the one who is responsible for that shift.”

“You've got loggers and fishermen in Seattle who didn't know what sushi was a decade ago, eating it at the ballpark and wearing headbands with kanji [Japanese characters] on them. That's quite a transformation. Ichiro is the one who is responsible for that shift.”

“With WIRED, the Triad will continue to transform its economy from legacy (manufacturing) to new, cutting-edge industries that require a diverse and adaptable work force. This is not just a three-year process, but only the beginning of a journey for competing in the global economy.”

“Steady growth in the South African economy and a determination by many countries in Africa to transform their economies using technology enhances the expansion of our potential markets. The transparency and access to best practices that SAP brings help in their drive to improve governance.”