Language is changing constantly; printing and modern education have slowed it but have not stopped it. Given all this change, when, exactly, was language PERFECT, in the language pundit's mind? One has the feeling that the decline-mongers would feel rather sheepish has reading any answer. The 1950s? The Edwardian era? The real answer, however rarely expressed, seems to be "when Island it as a young person.

— Robert Lane Greene

Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.

— Charles W. Colson

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

— Viktor E. Frankl

Many or few alternatives can be at hand. A wise and skillful choice acts from a sincere effort. Solutions and results come from cooperation, hard work and efficiency. With high intention matched with a flexible, patient heart and proficient action gets the best quality and value. As for the restless grumbles raving from unconsciousness of complexity of matters, best be brushed off ducking out wisely from discourtesies.

— Angelica Hopes

Nothing that remains static is truly ever alive. Nature does not abide idleness. All energy sources of the natural world and the cosmos are in a constant motion, they are in a perpetual state of fluctuation. All forms of living must make allowances for the seasons of change. The Earth itself is twirling through space, spinning on its axis analogous to a child’s top. The unpredictable forces of instability brought about by a combination of motion, change, and flux propels the miraculous dynamism of existence.

— Kilroy J. Oldster

One of the most remarkable of man's characteristics is his capacity for becoming used to conditions of almost any kind, whether good or bad, both in the self and in the environment, and once he has become used to such conditions they seem to him both right and natural. This capacity is a boon when it enables him to adapt himself to conditions which are desirable, but it may prove a great danger when the conditions are undesirable. When his sensory appreciation is untrustworthy, it is possible for him to become so familiar with seriously harmful conditions of misuse of himself that these conditions will feel right and comfortable.

— F. Matthias Alexander

People tend to be more tofu-like, able to absorb whatever environment they're dropped into. But where does the adaptability end and your actual personality begin?

— Sloane Crosley

Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside all patterns.

— Bruce Lee

Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.

— Charles Dickens

The author says one of the sources of resilience is the ability to measure and perceive early warning signs to adapt.

— Andrew Zolli