Jean Houston Quotes

My methods produce lasting behavioral change without unpleasant consequences, because the change does not come from an effort of will. It comes from examining your deep-rooted beliefs of who you are and how the world functions. As you examine these beliefs and make changes in them, you literally become a different person.

There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.

The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

We can't change the world except insofar as we change the way we look at the world - and, in fact, any one of us can make that change, in any direction, at any moment.

You change your life by changing your heart.

We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.

By changing the way you do routine things you allow a new man to grow inside you.

Strong communities ... embrace change. New discoveries require us to think differently and approach things differently, to think anew.

If you are willing to change your thinking, you can change your feelings. If you change your feelings, you can change your actions. And changing your actions - based on good thinking - can change your life.

Your current thinking got you here. Only new thinking will get you out.

The crisis is not in the outward technological advancement, but rather in the way we think, and the way we live, and the way we feel. I think that is where a revolution must take place.

The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being.

When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something....Sp iritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.... Following Jesus simply means learning from him how to arrange my life around activities that enable me to live in the fruit of the Spirit

I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment my life changed.

You can change your life if you really want to. You can improve it, make it better. And it all starts with changing the way you think.

We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.

I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some significant, though small event. That belief can be frightening, or exhilarating, depending on whether you just contemplate it or do something with it.

When you want to change your circumstances, you must first change your thinking.

The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.

Lasting change can occur only when it takes in the spirit of the mind.

Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self - a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change - the willful act of making the change, doing something.