Quotes About Flexibility

This surface on which we now stand is not fixed, but sliding.

There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile.

There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees.

the sermon, that most flexible of art forms. Take the form of the sermon and make it your own. Whether you are standing behind a pulpit, in a lecture hall, or in a field, nothing can stop you from speaking the truth according to your life and conscience. The hearts of the people are thirsty for new hope and new revelation.

The essence of this faith is freedom. Its goal is simply to make us good and wise. Its institutions should be as flexible as the needs of humanity in different times and places.

No matter how successful it has made you, your past experience won't ensure success in this new world.

In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?

The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

Thus with the wisest of you all; you are ever unfixed.

Trebuie s? fim dispu?i s? renun??m la via?a pe care ne-am planificat-o, pentru a o putea tr?i pe cea care ne a?teapt?.

I can't afford to despise anything. An absurdity may be the starting-point of the most dangerous complications.

Finally, my mind just settled into the realization that accidents happen, and a mantra suddenly appeared in my mind, one that has served me well since: anything can happen anytime.

Distortion of view takes place when we hold so deeply to our viewpoint that not even known facts can sway our beliefs.

Be sure that your mind never retires. It must be like a parachute, which is no good unless it opens up. Be open and receptive to new ideas.

Piensa y planea al margen de los métodos tradicionales. Ten en cuenta que siempre hay una respuesta y una solución para cualquier problema.

A second advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they are not required to create a new object each time they're invoked.

Builder pattern is more verbose than the telescoping constructor pattern, so it should be used only if there are enough parameters, say, four or more.

Can compromise be an art? Yes--but a minor art.

I think we are all cats with nine lives, or even more. We must rejoice in our elusive catness.

Power Thought: God has given me the ability to adjust to people and things and remain in peace.

Little kids are amazing. They seem able to adjust to anything.

Anything could go wrong any day of the week. What's the point of worrying in advance?

FESTIVITY BREEDS CREATIVITY. RIGIDITY BREEDS DESPAIR