Quotes About Limitation

Restricting yourself in this way may seem both difficult and arbitrary, but actually, this is the kind of discipline we exercise in other aspects of life. You may have a rule of thumb never to have more than two glasses of wine at a sitting.

But if you've been convinced by the arguments and the evidence in this book, you now know that choice has a downside, an awareness that should make it easier for you to adopt, and live with, a "two options is my limit" rule. It's worth a try.

The word is only a representation of the meaning; even at its best, writing almost always falls short of full meaning. Given that, why in God's name would you want to make things words by choosing a word which is only cousin to the one you really wanted to use?

It's not very smart to keep trying to do something you can't do and never will be able to do.

Our honest belief that we can be far better than we are is one of the major reasons we are so bound.

We all know the maxim "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." It's because we want the horse to drink that we become frustrated, because it's literally not in our power to accomplish the job we've set out to do for ourselves.

As useful as science is, it will never provide a way for us to wake up to Ultimate Reality. Science remains forever in the conceptual. It wouldn't be science otherwise. This isn't a criticism. It's a necessary and unavoidable limitation.

Having something pinned down can have a focusing effect, where a blank canvas with its unlimited options—while it sounds liberating—can have a paralyzing effect.

Ouch,' she mumbles. 'Somebody's superglued my joints.

Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness

Most of us arrive in our fifties feeling that the cage has gotten smaller. What's actually shrunk is our mindset. We're in a prison of our own making. Once we discover we can keep on learning later in life, that mindset shifts. The cage vanishes. This changes everything.

Things that can't go on forever can go on much longer than you think.

Si algo no puede continuar indefinidamente, puede continuar mucho más tiempo del que piensas».

Everything that is not forbidden by laws of nature is achievable, given the right knowledge; but that's the problem.

Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.

You think you are alive because you breathe air? Shame on you, that you are alive in such a limited way. Don't be without Love, so you won't feel dead. Die in Love and stay alive forever.

Too much of anything can make you sick, even the good can be a curse - Cheryl Cole

The cause of poverty is not scarcity. It is fear and small thinking.

You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it.

I love collections of things, but always in moderation.

Iets wordt pas onmogelijk als jijzelf alle mogelijkheden uitsluit,.. citaat uit 'Ooit keren de doden terug.

Imagine a Being who is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. What does such a Being lack? The answer? Limitation.

Being of any reasonable sort appears to require limitation.