Quotes About Flexibility

It's more important to know whether there will be weather, than what the weather will be.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens

experience is comparable to fashion; an action that proved successful today will be unworkable and impractical tomorrow. Only principles endure

All stress comes from resisting what is.

What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance.

What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. They come with being alive. But I believe these experiences are gifts that force us to step to the right or left in search of a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Let them help you adjust your footing.

Bueno, nos hemos bajado del caballo y nos montamos en el burro. ¡Que sea para bien!

The tree is bent when it is young

Ben sana ÅŸundan söz ediyorum: Biraz esnek ol! Ya hep ya hiç görüÅŸünü deÄŸiÅŸtir. Hayat?n hep küçük uzlaÅŸmalar olduÄŸunu anla. Aile ve dükkan? BaÅŸka bir ÅŸey yok mu? BaÅŸka bir ÅŸey yoksa hayat çok dar, s?k?c? ve zevksiz demektir. Bu görüÅŸünü deÄŸiÅŸtir. Biraz daha aç?l.

about itself: "There are times

In order to learn, one must change one's mind.

To a man with only a hammer, a screw is a defective nail.

We are who we are. When changes come, we start with what we are right then, and then we work to try to become whoever we need to be.

Oh, people get used to so many things, said Vadesh, if only they give them selves a chance.

Stories are invented as you go along...

If there's a problem, you fix it. You don't set up fences around it and make rules about how it should be fixed. You fix it.

So plans of attack, what good are they then? We try, we do what we can, but what really counts is what you do when command breaks down.

A pure soul must never grow attached to any one thing. A pure soul must expose himself to new things every day.

As far as the rest of the biosphere is concerned, we could be wiped out and it would adjust, it would get on with the next step in evolution. But

It's a stupid leader who can't turn follower when somebody offers him a wiser course

There is only try and try again, until you can persuade the world to work according to your new plan for it. ... Everything has a mind of its own and follows the laws it already understands.

Don't ever ask questions that can only be answered one way, no matter what the truthful answer might be.

It was better, she thought, to be able to select from the whole menu of human achievements than to be bound within one narrow range.

Yet in your stories, you must imagine all these things, not just because it will make the world of your story more complete, but also because the very completeness of the world will transform your story and make it far more truthful. As your characters move through a more complex world, they will have to respond with greater subtlety and flexibility; the constant surprises they run into will also surprise the reader - and you!