Quotes About Adaptation

No man and no destiny can be compared with any other man or any other destiny. No situation repeats itself, and each situation calls for a different response.

If someone now asked of us the truth of Dostoevski's statement that flatly defines man as a being who can get used to anything, we would reply, "Yes, a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.

Nenormaliai reaguoti ? nenormali? pad?t? yra normalu.

a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.

No situation repeats itself, and each situation calls for a different response.

Or for instance, a light sleeper, who used to be disturbed by the slightest noise in the next room, now found himself lying pressed against a comrade who snored loudly a few inches from his ear and yet slept quite soundly through the noise.

If someone now asked off us the truth of Dostoevsky's statement that flatly defines man as a being who can get used to anything, we would reply, Yes, a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.

One may howl with the wolves, if need be, but when doing so, one should be, I would urge, a sheep in wolf's clothing.

Creo que fue Lessing quien afirmó: «Hay cosas que pueden hacerte perder la razón, a no ser que no tengas ninguna razón que perder». En una situación anormal, una reacción anormal constituye una conducta normal.

If someone now asked of us the truth of Dostoevski's statement that flatly denies man as a being who can get used to anything, we would reply, 'Yes, a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.

To put the question in general terms would be comparable to the question posed to a chess champion: "Tell me, Master, what is the best move in the world?" There simply is no such thing as the best or even a good move apart from a particular situation in a game and the particular personality of one's opponent.

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior

To put the question in general terms would be comparable to the question posed to a chess champion: "Tell me, Master, what is the best move in the world?" There simply is no such thing as the best or even a good move apart from a particular situation in a game and the particular personality of one's opponent. The same holds for human existence.

Logotherapy deviates from psychoanalysis insofar as it considers man a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning, rather than in the mere gratification and satisfaction of drives and instincts, or in merely reconciling the conflicting claims of id, ego and superego, or in the mere adaptation and adjustment to society and environment. Noö-Dynamics

As we see, the priority stays with creatively changing the situation that causes us to suffer. But the superiority goes to the know-how to suffer, if need be

I think it was Lessing who said, There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose. An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behaviour.

We had literally lost the ability to feel pleased and had to relearn it slowly. Psychologically

human being is completely and unavoidably influenced by his surroundings.

Las reacciones descritas de la primera fase quedaban atrás a los pocos días, en el escaso tiempo que necesitaba un prisionero para entrar en la segunda fase: la de la apatía generalizada que lo llevaba a una especie de muerte emocional.

If someone now asked of us the truth of Dostoevski's statement that flatly defines man as a being who can get used to anything, we would reply, Yes, a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.

When we are no longer able to change a situation— just think of an incurable disease such as inoperable cancer —we are challenged to change ourselves.

If someone now asked of us the truth of Dostoevski's statement that flatly defines man as a being who can get used to anything, we would reply, "Yes, a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how." But our psychological investigations have not taken us that far yet; neither had we prisoners reached that point. We were still in the first phase of our psychological reactions.

the priority stays with creatively changing the situation that causes us to suffer. But the superiority goes to the "know-how to suffer," if need be.