"You cannot force a dry well to yield water."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Limit, Limits, Effort, Possibility, Reality

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"It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be."

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"I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it."

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"It helped me in the air to keep my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown."

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"Real limitations can be reasonably challenged and expanded, but a hobbled mind is not going anywhere."

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"Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant."

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"Great deeds begin in the mind, extraordinary deeds begin in the heart, and remarkable deeds begin in the soul."

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"It is not the fault of the stars that they shine brightly, but the fault of our eyes that they cannot handle light."

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"In serving the poor, one serves humanity. In serving mankind, one serves equity. In serving goodness, one serves God. In serving the Creator, one serves himself."

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"To be profitable, practice diligence. To be successful, practice excellence. To be influential, practice intelligence. To be honorable, practice prudence. To be blissful, practice kindness. To be joyful, practice goodness."

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