“As we have come to understand the psychology of evil, we have realized that such transformations of human character are not as rare as we would like to believe. Historical inquiry and behavioral science have demonstrated the "banality of evil" -- that is, under certain conditions and social pressures, ordinary people can commit acts that would otherwise be unthinkable.” PeopleBelieveHumansCharacterCertainEvilSocialPsychologyConditionsOrdinaryTransformationPressureHistoricalCommitInquiryOrdinary PeopleUnthinkableBanalitySocial Pressure Author:Philip Zimbardo
“The restoration of property would be a complicated, arduous and presumably a lengthy business; the transformation of a Capitalist Society into a Communist one needs nothing but the extension of existing conditions.” NeedsWould BePoliticsEconomyConditionsTransformationPropertyComplicatedLiberalismCommunistCapitalistExtensionsRestorationLengthy Author:Hilaire Belloc
“Suffering is part and parcel of the human condition, but suffering can either embitter or ennoble us. It can ennoble us and become a spirituality of transformation when we find meaning in it.” HumansSufferingSpiritualityConditionsTransformationHuman ConditionFind MeParcel Author:Desmond Tutu
“Philosophy will not be able to effect an immediate transformation of the present condition of the world. This is not only true of philosophy, but of all merely human thought and endeavor.” WorldHumansPhilosophyAbleConditionsEffectsTransformationEndeavorHuman Thought Author:Martin Heidegger
“Based on technological research and the transformation of nature, industrialization constantly goes forward, giving proof of incessant creativity. While certain enterprises develop and are concentrated, others die or change their location. Thus new social problems are created: professional or regional unemployment, redeployment and mobility of persons, permanent adaptation of workers and disparity of conditions in the different branches of industry.” GivingPersonsDifferentProblemCertainDiesSocialCreativityConditionsIndustryResearchTransformationWorkersProofPermanentBranchesEnterpriseConsumerismTechnologicalLocationUnemploymentAdaptationOverconsumptionMobilityIncessantDisparitySocial ProblemsIndustrialization Author:Pope Paul VI
“Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact means only a superficial transformation, one that cannot be permanent or bring real betterment. It is a change of form only, not of substance, as so tragically proven by Russia.” MeanIdeasRealFormValuesConditionsTransformationInstitutionsRussiaSubstancePermanentProvenSuperficialBetterment Book:My Disillusionment in Russia Source: My Disillusionment in Russia
“I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I love, I love that notion of a slightly larger-than-life artistic truth, you know, magnifying real emotional truth (or) finding something about human condition (which), you wouldn't necessarily think you can learn from characters such as Kong or Gollum, but actually they are, you know, these huge amplifications of a human psyche and I suppose those kind of roles have always attracted me definitely.” ThinkingKnowsHumansKindRealWholeCharacterActingRolesConditionsEmotionalHugeFindingsTransformationNotionStorytellingArtisticHuman ConditionLarger Than LifeMagnifyingHuman PsycheAmplification Author:Andy Serkis