Alejandro Jodorowsky Quotes

We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people.

To change what you get you must change who you are.

You do need to maintain some of yourself and know who you are, but that doesn't mean you can't evolve.

Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.

As a human being, I'm work in process.

In the mere observation of yourself, you begin the process of healing and transformation.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

You have to constantly redefine who you are.

The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost?

I think I've changed a lot as a person.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.

Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me.

I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.

I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.

We are constantly creating ourselves by what we move toward or away from.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

I change every day. I'm still changing.

I think I'm always a little bit under construction. I'm a project that I'm trying to improve upon.

I'm constantly reinventing myself. It's a constant thing that I do.

I would say I grew without a doubt. My whole energy in life - as an artist and as a person - has definitely got me smarter and wiser.