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Impossible Quotes (page 21)

it’s as if the universe has a sense of humor, since at a deep level it’s impossible not to lead a spiritual life… the universe is living through you at this moment. with or without belief in god, the chain of events leading from silent awareness to physical reality remains intact. Deepak Chopra
This mannerism of what he'd seen of society struck Homer Wells quite forcefully; people, even nice people—because, surely, Wally was nice—would say a host of critical things about someone to whom they would then be perfectly pleasant. At. St. Cloud's, criticism was plainer—and harder, if not impossible, to conceal. John Irving
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. How often have you been presented with an apparently rational explanation of something that works in all respects other than one, which is just that it is hopelessly improbable? Your instinct is to say, 'Yes, but he or she simply wouldn't do that. Douglas Adams
There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for me to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed or enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers -... Ayn Rand
Mortimer Adler quote: "True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by..."
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. Mortimer Adler
I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship. Bell Hooks
Don DeLillo quote: "When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see."
When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see. Don DeLillo
He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible. Leo Tolstoy
I will miss it so,” she said beside him. “This hell of a place, I will miss it so much. This fat body, walking mud puddle, deceived by everything, this impossible, ruinous accident of a world, these people who would truly rather hurt one another than eat—oh, there is nothing, nothing, nothing I would not do to stay here ten minutes longer. Oh, I will leave claw marks, I will drag mountains and forests away under my fingernails when I am dragged off. Such a stupid way to feel. I will be all... Peter S. Beagle
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the..."
The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. Elizabeth Gilbert
One never quite stops believing,' said the Marquis. 'Some doubt remains forever.' Abrenuncio understood. He had always thought that ceasing to believe caused a permanent scar in the place where one's faith had been, making it impossible to forget. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nothing is better proof of how far humanity has regressed than the impossibility of finding a single nation, a single tribe, among whom birth still provokes mourning and lamentations. Emile M. Cioran
She confused him and hindered the flow of his ideas. Self-expression had never seemed at once so desirable and so impossible. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Of the value traps, the most widespread and pernicious is value rigidity. This is an inability to revalue what one sees because of commitment to previous values. In motorcycle maintenance, you MUST rediscover what you do as you go. Rigid values makes this impossible. Robert M. Pirsig
Van Gogh writing his brother for paints. Hemingway testing his shotgun. Celine going broke as a doctor of medicinethe impossibility of being human Charles Bukowski

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