"Whereas the Greeks gave to will the boundaries of reason, we have come to put the will's impulse in the very center of reason, which has, as a result, become deadly."
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"Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross."
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"There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary?"
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"The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary."
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"The boundaries of your life are merely a creation of the self."
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"I like pushing boundaries."
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"Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries."
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"At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right."
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"We are boxed in by the boundary conditions of our thinking"
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"The boundaries of a person's reality often do not change until that person forsakes what he or she feels confident in and then goes blindly with faith."
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"I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence."
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"Inside the boundaries of the old paradigm there's no hope, there's no way out of the box of capitalism, monogamy, consumer fetishism, egoism, money worship, no way out. No way. No way out!"
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"Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them."
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"I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries."
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"We have the power to make reality. Why make it inside boundaries, when the boundless is so near?"
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"When you are completely free from boundaries, you don't have to have a huge number of material things. You already own something far more precious. You own yourself."
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"The golden thread of reason that used to be stretched taut to mark the boundary between the known and the unknown is now routinely disrespected."
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"A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors."
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"Well for me, courage means having the courage to walk off the edge of what is known, with complete faith that you're not going to go crashing to the bottom. Stepping outside of your own self-perceived boundaries and limitations."
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"When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated."
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