Quotes about Adaptation

Don't complain to yourselves that you can't go to the mission field! Thank God for bringing the mission field to you!

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is.

When the opponent expand, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And, when there is an opportunity, I do not hit - it hits all by itself.

Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.

For a kid that just played for Oviedo, to then going to play for a team like Real Madrid, it felt fantastic. But being taken out of my family home and moving away alone, into the residence Madrid have for young players, it was a bit difficult. But as time passed, I got used to it.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this country. That is why it's so powerful in many ways, and so creative.