Unless we can psychologically accommodate change, we ourselves begin to die, inwardly. What I am saying is that objects, customs, habits, and ways of life must perish so that the authentic human being can live. And it is the authentic human being who matters most, the viable, elastic organism which can bounce back, absorb, and deal with the new.
Interpretation
Embracing change is essential for personal growth and authenticity.
In this quote, Philip K. Dick emphasizes the necessity of psychological adaptability to change. He argues that clinging to outdated objects, customs, and habits can lead to an inner stagnation or 'death,' while embracing change allows for the development of a more authentic and resilient self capable of navigating the complexities of life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
We are living in a computer-programmed reality, and the only clue we have to it is when some variable is changed, and some alteration in reality occurs. We have the overwhelming impression that we were reliving the present - deja vu.
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
On some other world, possibly it is different. Better. There are clear good and evil alternatives. Not these obscure admixtures, these blends, with no proper tool by which to untangle the components.
"Do you have information that there's an android in the cast? I'd be glad to help you, and if I were an android would I be glad to help you?" "An android," he said, "doesn't care what happens to another android. That's one of the indications we look for." "Then," Miss Luft said, "you must be an android."
The universe is information and we are stationary in it, not three dimensional and not in space or time.
A man is an angel that has gone deranged.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.
The aspect of American society is animated, because men and things are always changing; but it is monotonous, because all the changes are alike.
During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebration. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that.
Consumers are going to have get used to eating less meat - to paying more for better quality meat and eating significantly less of it.
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
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