Quotes About Limitation

everybody he knew was going quietly mad from being tied on a leash that was too short.

As soon as thought is restricted, it ceases to be Sufism.

The soul of man is the spark of God. Though this spark is limited on the earth, still God is all-powerful; and by teaching the prayer 'Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven', the Master has given a key to every soul who repeats this prayer; a key to open that door behind which is the secret of that almighty power and perfect wisdom which raises the soul above all limitations.

At each step from the inner being to the surface there is an apparent improvement, which appears to be more positive; yet every step towards the surface entails limitation and dependence.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. —Peter Pan

I was trapped in reality, and when the visionaries told me what was possible, I could not hear them.

The part of your mind that believes intuitive knowing to be impossible is that part of your mind for which it is impossible.

Cualquier cliente puede tener un coche pintado del color que quiera, siempre que sea negro».

A cosmology that admits of only one male god limits women's capacity to envision their full potential as human beings.

It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.

You can only suck up to a very finite number of people. A couple of slurps, and you're done.

The wavelength of a lightwave limits how small a thing you can see, for you cannot resolve an object smaller than the wavelength of the light you use to see it. Hence, one cannot detect the existence of an extra dimension smaller than the wavelength of light one can perceive.

When you're poor, you know nothing about the future, you know nothing about the world, nothing that goes on outside 300 yards around you.

We should like Nature to go no further; we should like it to be finite, like our mind; but this is to ignore the greatness and majesty of the Author of things.

No city, no town, no community of more than one thousand people or two hundred buildings to the square mile, shall be built or permitted to exist anywhere in the United States of America.

You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can't invent more time.

But you can't invent things like time,' Violet said. 'You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window waster. But you can't invent more time.

But you can't read every story, and answer every question even if you'd like to

The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.

The framework within which she imagined the world of the English Renaissance, also typical of her day, was limited to monarchs, courtiers and writers.

L'amore ci rende poveri. Non ci bastano gli occhi per vedere tutto ciò che è da vedere, né le mani per stringere un decimo di tutto ciò che desidereremmo. Quando la guardo negli occhi mi tormento perché non posso guardare le sue labbra, e quando vedo le sue labbra la mia anima grida: Guarda i suoi occhi, guarda i suoi occhi!.

Still, some things were out of anyone's control.

I shall be sure to say three dull things as soon as ever I open my mouth, shan't I? (looking round with the most good-humoured dependence on every body's assent)— Do not you all think I shall?" Emma could not resist. "Ah! ma'am, but there may be a difficulty. Pardon me— but you will be limited as to number—only three at once.

There should be moderation in everything.