Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's read more

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to read more

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Each one of us is a statistical impossibility around which hover a million other lives that were never destined to read more

Each one of us is a statistical impossibility around which hover a million other lives that were never destined to be born.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. read more

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.