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"I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities. In all of that, there is no spirituality required. No God and karma is needed for the numbers. I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist."
"I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities."
"I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years ago, but that is because I reached the limit forty years ago. You can't go beyond possibility."
"When I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties are confined; when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which again have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence; and then that all our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better than a passive resignation... when I consider all this... I am silent."
"Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension."
"There is no limit to desire but desire's needs."
"Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits."
"I do not follow closely anymore, since there is a limit to how much heartsickness one can bear."
"Mourning has its place but also its limits."
"At electric speed, all forms are pushed to the limits of their potential."
"Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager."
"The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits."
"It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded."
"The light of day showed you the limits of possibility. But walk through the dark, the absolute, total darkness, and the possibilities were limitless."
"Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there."
"Why limit yourself to just one best friend?"
