Adaptation Quotes

"The more you confront the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable with it" "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war" "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." "I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable" "The irony of general-purpose technologies is that, before long, they become invisible and we take them for granted" "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." "The process of moving from discomfort to ease often gives birth to new stories of understanding and insight." "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." "This is the new norm" "The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it" "In the fight between you and the world, back the world" "People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their sili" "Fear can be good. It’s an evolutionary sense that we’ve developed over many, many millions of years." "The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself—always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity" "Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge." "Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door." "Change is inevitable. Embrace it, adapt to it, and use it as an opportunity for growth." "Change is difficult but often essential to survival." "It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." "Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing."