Quotes About Adaptation

But rather than collapse under these threats and pulls, the self turns out to be surprisingly resilient. It makes use of bits and pieces here and there and somehow keeps going. What may seem to be mere tactical flexibility, or just bungling along, turns out to be much more than that. We find ourselves evolving a self of many possibilities, one that has risks and pitfalls but at the same time holds out considerable promise for the human future.

Relax, lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.

Change what you can if it needs changing, but learn to live with what you can't change.

It has been quite a weight, hasn't it? Tam asked. What weight? Rand replied. That lost hand you've been carrying. Rand looked down at his stump. Yes. I believe it has been at that.

When change comes, you can scream and try to force things to stay the same. But you'll usually end up getting trampled. However, if you can direct the changes, they can serve you.

Times are not what they were, and we cannot be, either. If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

the world had to be faced as it was, not as you wished it to be

You cannot make the land go against itself. Not for long; the land will rebel. You must shape the vision to the land, not the land to the vision.

No plan of battle survives first contact

Never make a plan without knowing as much as you can of the enemy. Never be afraid to change your plans when you receive new information. Never believe you know everything. And never wait to know everything.

He was not as she remembered. His features were the same, but his face was hard. Blue ice made his eyes. The bloody rips in his coat and breeches, the blood on his face, seemed to suit that face.

Execution is everything. Even if you start a business with the wrong idea or too many competitors, you can out-execute all the better ideas in the right market.

Change came so slowly you never noticed it creeping up on you, or far too fast for comfort, but it came.

Patience is a virtue that must be learned, but we must all be ready for the change of an instant.

People frequently continued to go on as they had been after all purpose in it had been lost.

People never really changed, yet the world did, with disturbing regularity. You just had to live with it, or at least live through it. Now and then, with luck, you could affect the direction of the changes, but even if you stopped one, you only set another in motion.

The surface of the water may be still, but the fish never stop swimming.

Change came so slowly you never noticed it creeping up on you, or far too fast for comfort, but it came. Nothing

Even mountains are worn away by the wind, and no one can climb the same hill twice.

Traditions should not be maintained just because they were traditions. Strength was not strength if it had no purpose or direction.

Change what you can if it needs changing, but learn to live with what you can't change.' You'll only get a sick stomach, otherwise

Light, how the horror of yesterday became merely the uneasiness of today, once you grew accustomed.

He had four rules concerning action and information. Never make a plan without knowing as much as you can of the enemy. Never be afraid to change your plans when you receive new information. Never believe you know everything. And never wait to know everything. The man who waited to know everything was still sitting in his tent when the enemy burned it over his head.