Quotes About Limitation

He has a splendid repertoire of 500 words. Why does he insist on using only 150?

Hayat böyledir, tam da bizi hapseden nesnelere faydas?z bir ÅŸekilde sar?l?r?z.

She remembered the day that she first realized she would never be able to read every book in the world," said John Clement. "She cried for days.

As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.

And don't forget, citizens: the ban on stargazing is still in effect.

Look at a wild creature- even hold it in your hand- and it is obvious that you don't 'have' it. You hold it but everything it is stretches far beyond your enclosing fingers, in time and space and through its own interior existence. You may posess it, even for a moment, but it is not yours... Whatever it is to be known remains outside the grip of our knowing it.

What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.

Even with millions you can't control time.

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.

We used to think that you could pay attention to five to nine things at a time. We now know that's not true. That's a crazy overestimate. The conscious mind can attend to about three things at once. Trying to juggle any more than that, and you're going to lose some brainpower.

I see myself playing as long as I am partially enjoying the game and partially successful and they are paying me. But honestly, two more years is about all I can take.

Even now with the operation, with the damage done, my ankle probably is never going to be back to 100 per cent.

Our abilities are limited only by our perceptions.

My peripheral vision has been severely limited because of my diabetes, which means I can see just fine looking straight ahead. But if I am at a function with lots of people, I am constantly bumping into people - even kicking them!

What we know here is very little, but what we are ignorant of is immense.

What we know is little, and what we are ignorant of is immense.

It is not possible with mortal mind to search out the purposes of the gods.

Sutor, Ne Ultra Crepidam

Would you really want to live in world where only the possible is possible?

The Holy Spirit is God eternally giving himself; like a never-ending spring he pours forth nothing less than himself. In view of this ceaseless gift, we come to see the limitations of all that perishes, the folly of the consumerist mindset. We begin to understand why the quest for novelty leaves us unsatisfied and wanting. Are we not looking for an eternal gift? For the spring that will never run dry?

The fact that there are countless things we will never know, and many that we could not possibly know, does not mean they do not exist—only that we cannot prove it.