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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how young, and no matter how old. This fact must lead all reasonable human beings, that is, all human beings who take evidence seriously, to draw only one possible conclusion: Human nature is not basically good.
People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!
It is not possible to go forward while looking back.
The practice of being on a spiritual path isn't about being the best meditator or the kindest possible person or the most enlightened. The practice is about surrendering to love as often as possible.
I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April.
Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
I even believed in a third way; I thought it was possible to put a human face on capitalism. But I was wrong. The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.
You're not going to become a great manager overnight. You're not going to become a great public speaker or figure out how to raise money. These are the things you want to start the clock on as early as possible.
I don't remember the first half of my life. All I say is a happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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