The wise adapt themselves to ...

The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher.
The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher.
 Chinese Proverb

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This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
 Henri Bergson
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

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A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books.
 Chinese proverb
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 Chinese Proverb
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.
 Chinese Proverb