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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"The hardest metal yields to sufficient heat. Even so must the hardest heart melt before sufficiency of the heat of non- violence. And there is no limit to the capacity of non-violence to generate heat."

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Hannah Arendt Philosopher, Political Theorist
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"Imperialism was born when the ruling class in capitalist production came up against national limits to its economic expansion."

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
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"The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered."

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Lawrence Schiller Photographer, Filmmaker
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"I don't feel lonely. No no no. I feel like I'm jumping in a well that has no bottom, and at some point I know I'll hit bottom. I never put a time limit on it. I'm oblivious to anything except that which I'm doing."

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Michel Foucault Philosopher, Social Theorist
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"It is over life, throughout its unfolding, that power establishes its dominion; death is power's limit, the moment that escapes it; death becomes the most secret aspect of existence, the most private."

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Hugo Chavez Politician
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"Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government?"

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William James Philosopher, Psychologist
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"Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses power of various sorts which he habitually fails to use."

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Tim Ferriss Author, Entrepreneur, Podcaster
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"The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves"

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Spiritual Leader
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"Success means crossing a limit. To cross a limit you need to assume that you have a limit. Assuming a limit is underestimating yourself. If you have no boundaries then where is your success?"

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