Quotes about Adaptation

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature

He who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die.

My sermon on the meaning of the manna in the wilderness can be adapted to almost any occasion, joyful, or, as in the present case, distressing. [All sigh.] I have preached it at harvest celebrations, christenings, confirmations, on days of humiliation and festal days.

Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices." "The

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

I begin with an idea, and then it becomes something else."-Pablo Picasso- read 6/3/17

You can't change your past, but you can change your mind about your past.

Alignment cannot be achieved with one good speech from the bridge of the ship—it is established one person at a time. Even though everyone is in the same boat, heading in the same direction, it's quite likely they are going there for different reasons. Yes, working through these issues one person at a time is time consuming, but not as time consuming and frustrating as dealing with lack of alignment when the boat is in the middle of a storm, part way to its destination.

Try to bear lightly what needs must be.

So she decided on a different approach.

As I look back now I wonder how I was ever able to sell anything. I lost years of my life in scrapping and arguing. I keep my mouth shut now. It pays.

Old ways of doing things cease to be effective, though they may have been very powerful in the past. There arises a very real danger that we will set ourselves in opposition to what God truly is doing now and aims to do in the future.