Possibility Quotes

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The big problem of any young person's life is to have models to suggest possibilities. Nietzsche says, 'Man is the sick animal.' Man is the… — Joseph Campbell
What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice a… — Sheena Iyengar
I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they… — Jhonen Vasquez
God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity. — Ralph Ellison
Success and failure are two edges of the same blade, two sides of the same coin. To fear one is to forever deny the possibility… — Michelle Sagara
I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arrival;… — Andrew Sullivan
It may be that what you could be haunts you. It is real. It is a weight you have to carry around. Each failure to… — Ben Okri
Donâ€™t you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really… — Haruki Murakami
But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that… — Howard Zinn
Human beings, whatever their backgrounds, are more open than we think, that their behavior cannot be confidently predicted from their past, that we are all… — Howard Zinn
So, youâ€™re hitting on Clare the Fair.â€ â€œIâ€™m not hitting on her. Iâ€™m exploring the possibility of seeing her on social terms.â€ â€œHeâ€™s hitting on… — Nora Roberts
The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the… — Hunter S. Thompson
Deep within every human being there still lives the anxiety over the possibility of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the… — Soren Kierkegaard
He was so excited by this little bit of intelligence that he might have gone off, perplexed, pondering for a long time. It was like… — Anne Rice
The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in… — Carl Sagan
I have read for countless people on innumerable subjects and the most difficult thing to understand within the cards is always the timing. I knew… — Erin Morgenstern
In the process of burning out these confusions, we discover enlightenment. If the process were otherwise, the awakened state of mind would be a product… — Chogyam Trungpa
Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this… — Peter HÃ¸eg
I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may… — James A. Garfield
Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they… — Terence McKenna

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