Francesca Lia Block Quotes

Never regret what you don't write.

I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something.

I was always writing for myself. I wrote what I needed to write and hear - that's what makes it powerful.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

Instead of looking for the right person become the right person.

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

People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.

I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change

The first order of things to be changed is me, the leader. After I consider how hard it is to change myself, then I will understand the challenge of trying to change others. This is the ultimate test of leadership.

In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the statue of true potential.

It's nothing short of a whole new brain... animated by a different form of thinking and a new approach to life.

An essay is something that tracks the evolution of a human mind.

Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.

We cannot change God. God is unchangeable. If changes are to be made, they must be made in us.

You have to reform yourself before reforming society and the world.

Memory changes as a person matures.

Change in yourself what you want to change in the world.

My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never, therefore, make any progress.

The interesting thing is that you don't have to know the answers - simply asking the questions and your reflection itself causes the rewiring of the brain.

Do thou amend thy face, and I'll amend my life.

Many people need a new rewiring of their heart and mind.

Am I going to change the world, or am I going to change me? Or maybe change the world a little bit, just by changing me?

I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me.

The world is in such a mess because of the continuous conflict that arises between human beings - not only between individuals but between tribes and nations and this group and that group and so on. But change can come in only when people start with themselves.