Becoming Quotes

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

potential authenticity

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

One does not become fully human painlessly.

growth mankind pain

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.  Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, and meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

self-determination