Quotes About Adaptation

Woe to him who, when the day of his dreams finally came, found it so different from all he had longed for!

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.

When we are no longer able to change a situation

we are challenged to change ourselves.

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.

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

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We had literally lost the ability to feel pleased and had to relearn it slowly. Psychologically, what was happening to the liberated prisoners could be called "depersonalization." Everything appeared unreal, unlikely, as in a dream.

An abnormal  reaction to an abnormal  situation  is normal behavior. Even

The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.

Când nu mai suntem capabili s? schimb?m o situaÅ£ie, suntem provocaÅ£i s? ne schimb?m noi înÅŸine.

Changing the question 'free from what?' into 'free for what?'; this change that occurs when freedom has been achieved has accompanied me on my migrations like a basso continuo. This is what we are like, those of us who are nomads, who come out of the collapse of a settled way of life.

Custom is a shroud that conceals everything. Not without first encountering the uncustomary will we be able to recognize what is customary and, more importantly, to change it. Such is the impulse behind our conversation with the vampryoteuthis

Sometimes there's no way to win. The only thing you can do is manage your losses.

When disaster strikes, be open to a solution.

The main thing in life is survival. And survival is not just staying alive. It is also a constant effort to grow and to learn and to work.

As a twig is bent the tree inclines.

Through chances various, through all vicissitudes, we make our way.

To reverse Arthur C. Clarke's famous adage about magic, any sufficiently familiar technology is indistinguishable from nature.

I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

I am never stagnant; I rise from my worst disasters, I turn, I change.

I rise from my worst disasters, I turn, I change.

Do you think people change? I meant ourselves — do we change?