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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

It is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self.

Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be.

In the future, we will have to count on being at least somewhat able to dominate nature in ways that go beyond mere technology.

My friends, how desperately we need to be loved and to love.

With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!

You have to say no to a lot of good things in order to be able to say yes to a lot of great things.

I guess that is what dying must be like;

to be finished and to be able to look back at the struggles of life, and know that God was your constant companion.

My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land.

Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream.

Men of Oregon, I invite you to become students of your events.

Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon which to be exhausting ourselves. But if you can find meaning, in the kind of running you have to do to stay on this team, chances are you will be able to find meaning in another absurd past-time: life.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Don't worry about the situation of the world.

You must be very happy, very very happy! Only through happiness and waves of bliss you will be able to help your country and the entire world in an automatic manner. You will remain ever invincible when you don't allow anything to obscure your happiness.

In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.

What I treasure most in life is being able to dream.

During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

Situations emerge in the process of creative destruction in which many firms may have to perish that nevertheless would be able to live on vigorously and usefully if they could weather a particular storm.

You will not be able to stay home, brother.

/You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out./You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,/Skip out for beer during commercials,/Because the revolution will not be televised.

A great mind produces great men, but only the heart is able to guide them on the best ways.

The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything.

Let me tell you how to love all equally.

Do not demand anything of those you love. If you make demands, some will give you more and some less. In that case you will love more those who give you more and less those who give you less. Thus your love will not be the same for all. You will not be able to love all impartially.

Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life.

Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow.

Knowing when to walk away is wisdom. Being able to is courage. Walking away, with your head held high is dignity.

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.

I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star.

Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then - whoosh, and I'm gone... and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me - ever.

What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be short sighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.

Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way.

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear

The journey has to be based on passion.

Put yourself in something you love to do. If you love what you do you're able to dedicate yourself, overcome obstacles.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.

There is only one success: To be able to spend your life in your own way.

If my efforts have led to greater success than usual, this is due, I believe, to the fact that during my wanderings in the field of medicine, I have strayed onto paths where the gold was still lying by the wayside. It takes a little luck to be able to distinguish gold from dross, but that is all.

Why do some people have to go barefoot so that others can drive luxury cars? Why are some people able to live only 35 years in order that others can live 70 years? Why do some people have to be miserably poor in order that others can be extravagantly rich? I speak for all the children in the world who don't even have a piece of bread.

I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself... Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable.

We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand.

You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you're able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.