#possibility

We often think that there is just one way to look at things - the way we always have. In fact, there are an infinite number of ways to look at most everything. An open mind allows for a multitude of perspectives from which to choose in any given moment. That suppleness of mind allows for true choice, and opens us to a whole new realm of possibility. ↗

— Jeffrey R. Anderson

#open-mind #perspective #possibility #supple-mind #life

I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you ↗

— David Levithan

#love-songs-for-elizabeth #the-realm-of-possibility #love

I tell you, money can't build your spire for you. Build it of gold and it would simply sink deeper. ↗

— William Golding

#impossibility #money #power #money

Hope is a passion for the possible. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#hope #passion #philosophy #possibility #religion

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. 3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#magic #possibility #science #technology #science

The city was different back then--poor and crumbling--kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt was the apple-cheeked optimism of possibility, and while she worked, the whole city seemed to throb along with her. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#determination #new-york-city #possibility #victory-ford #new-york-city

Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of losing it. ↗

— Emilie Autumn

#because #being #brave #chance #dangerous

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#containing #face #invested #like #lover

I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor. ↗

— William Baldwin

#actor #before #being #entertained #even

And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years. ↗

— Gianni Agnelli

#before #buying #cos #eight #even