Best limits & existence Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“You may think you don't have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before-colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter.”

“Let us fix our attention out of ourselves as much as possible; let us chase our imagination to the heavens, or to the utmost limits of the universe; we never really advance a step beyond ourselves, nor can conceive any kind of existence, but those perceptions, which have appeared in that narrow compass.”

Kind Universe Heaven Imagination Existence Attention Steps Limits Perception Compass

Author:David Hume

“With the disintegration of all that [Nietzsche] had revered, existence, to him, had become a desert in which only one thing remained, namely that which had relentlessly forced him into this path: truthfulness that knows no limits and is not subject to any condition.”

Knows Existence Path One Thing Conditions Subjects Limits Desert Truthfulness Disintegration

Book:Nietzsche: An Introduction to the Understanding of His Philosophical Activity

Source: Nietzsche: An Introduction to the Understanding of His Philosophical Activity

“the storm thunders at my heart; I find it difficult to believe in the existence of anything except the clouds which limit my horizon.”

Believe Heart Difficult Existence My Heart Limits Despair Clouds Storm Horizon Thunder

Author:Therese of Lisieux

“We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are finite and have extension. We know the existence of the infinite and are ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us, but not limits like us. But we know neither the existence nor the nature of God, because he has neither extension nor limits.”

Knows God Existence Limits Infinite Ignorant Infinity Extensions Finite

Book:Pensées

Source: Pensées

“It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our special human existence by a mothering presence that gratifies our innate urges to be suckled, held, rocked, caressed. But that same gratifying presence puts limits on desire and rations satisfaction. In this sense the mother is also the first lawgiver.”

Firsts Humans Mother Desire Born Existence Special Circumstances Limits Satisfaction Urges Innate Human Existence Mothering Rations

Book:Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood

Source: Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood

“As nature requires whirlwinds and cyclones to release its excessive force in a violent revolt against its own existence, so the spirit requires a demonic human being from time to time whose excessive strength rebels against the community of thought and the monotony of moralityonly by looking at those beyond its limits does humanity come to know its own utmost limits.”

Knows Humans Doe Spirit Humanity Force Community Human Beings Existence Progress Limits Violent Release Rebel Revolt Monotony Demonic Cyclones Excessive Force

Author:Stefan Zweig

“Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole existence. Why limit yourself to small things? When the whole is available.”

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Author:Rajneesh

“Faith is not limited to affirming the existence of God. No, faith tells us that God loves us and demands a loving response. This response is given through love for human beings, and that is what we mean by a commitment to God and to our neighbor.”

“Mountains and deserts, with their sparse life at the limit of existence, make one restless and disconsolate; one becomes an explorer in an intellectual realm as well as in a physical one.”

Wells Existence Mountain Limits Intellectual Desert Realms Restless Explorers

Author:George Schaller

“It is over life, throughout its unfolding, that power establishes its dominion; death is power's limit, the moment that escapes it; death becomes the most secret aspect of existence, the most private.”

Moments Secret Existence Limits Aspect Dominion Unfolding

Book:The History of Sexuality: An Introduction

Source: The History of Sexuality: An Introduction

“If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence”

Ifs Father Existence Limits Enlargement

Book:Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)

“Indeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious. They are the questions with no answers. A question with no answer is a barrier that cannot be breached. In other words, it is questions with no answers that set the limit of human possibilities, describe the boundaries of human existence.”

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Author:Milan Kundera

“But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence. Hence to demythologize is to interpret myth, that is, to relate the objective representations of the myth to the self-understanding which is both shown and concealed in it.”

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Book:The Conflict of Interpretations

Source: The Conflict of Interpretations

“A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom: to be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future; the existence of others as a freedom defines my situation and is even the condition of my own freedom. I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison.”

Ifs Able Given My Own Existence Situation Conditions Limits Prison Neighbor Recognition Existentialism Thrown Throwing Denied Existential Oppressed You Like It

Book:The Ethics of Ambiguity

Source: The Ethics of Ambiguity

“When I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties are confined; when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which again have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence; and then that all our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better than a passive resignation... when I consider all this... I am silent.”

Ends Certain Energy Existence Subjects Limits Mere Silent Satisfaction Active Faculty Investigation Providing Passive Wretched Confined Resignation Inquiring

Book:THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER (Literary Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel

Source: THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER (Literary Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel

“The fact that no limits exist to the destructiveness of this weapon [the 'Super', i.e. the hydrogen bomb] makes its very existence and the knowledge of its construction a danger to humanity as a whole. It is necessarily an evil thing considered in any light. For these reasons, we believe it important for the President of the United States to tell the American public and the world what we think is wrong on fundamental ethical principles to initiate the development of such a weapon.”

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