Limits

You can do anything but not everything.

You can do anything but not everything.

Every man is pent up within the limits of his own consciousness, and cannot directly get beyond those limits any more than he can get beyond his own skin; so external aid is not of much use to him.

Every man is pent up within the limits of his own consciousness, and cannot directly get beyond those limits any more than he can get beyond his own skin; so external aid is not of much use to him.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Albert Einstein

Genius has limitations; stupidity is boundless.

Genius has limitations; stupidity is boundless.

Albert Einstein

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.

If you confront the limitations of life courageously, that provides you with a certain psychological purpose that serves as an antidote to the suffering.

If you confront the limitations of life courageously, that provides you with a certain psychological purpose that serves as an antidote to the suffering.

Jordan Peterson

If the sailors become too numerous the ship sinks.

If the sailors become too numerous the ship sinks.

A tied dog does not jump farther than his cord.

A tied dog does not jump farther than his cord.

Norwegian proverbs

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

If you bend the bow too much, it will break.

If you bend the bow too much, it will break.

Norwegian proverbs

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

Albert Einstein

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.