Nothing so undermines organizational change as the failure to think through the losses people face.

We resist transition not because we can't accept the change, but because we can't accept letting go of that piece of ourselves that we have to give up when and because the situation has changed.

Change comes more from managing the journey than from announcing the destination

Before people can begin something new, they have to end what used to be and unlearn the old way.

Transition is the natural process of disorientation and reorientation that marks the turning points in the path of growth...transitions are key times in the natural process of self-renewal

Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.

Change is an event but a transition is the process that you go through in response to the change.

All transitions are composed of an ending, a neutral zone and a new beginning

It is when we are in transition that we are most completely alive.

It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions.

Faith is the soul's adventure.

Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be convicted of murder

If you choose to walk through the fire, why do you complain it's hot?

If you aren't willing to put your best work out there, write for yourself. Don't ever publish.

Any story you've heard of my behavior is probably true.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

They say that even a hateful connection is still binding.

Good taste is synonymous with success in all fields of life. It's not a question of money, but of a trained eye.

I don't take a lot of notice of odds.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work.