The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creative work, limitations mean freedom.
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There are two types of limitations: those others place on us, and those we place on ourselves. One is more subtle. Both are equally dangerous.
The number of ways you can live in one lifetime is limitless. So why limit yourself?
The promise of hope provides more comfort than the limitations of doubt.
She didn't realize she was in a prison until she collided with the bars.
Woe to him who offends a patient man who has just reached his limit.
There's somethin I learned when I was homeless: Our limitation is God's opportunity. When you get all the way to the end of your rope and there ain't nothin you can do, that's when God takes over. I remember one time I was hunkered down in the hobo jungle with some folks. We was talkin 'bout life, and this fella was talkin, said, 'People think they're in control, but they ain't. The truth is, that which must befall thee must befall thee. And that which must pass the by must pass thee by.
He has usurped the prerogative of Jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and to her God. He has endeavored in every way that he could to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life.
Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. Everything is fascinating and holds their attention as they explore their new surroundings. Adults however, have grown up hearing the word __o_, __on't do that,_ and __uit daydreaming so often, they create their own little world, a world with lots of limitations. What then do most adults teach to their children? __o_, __on't do that,_ and __uit daydreaming._ So, what can you learn from a child today_?
The only limit to the realisation of our goals will be lack of enthusiasm.
Great sex is all about freedom and being everything you__e always wanted to be. Know now that the only limits you have in regards to your own sexuality are the ones you impose on yourself.
There are lots of opportunities in limitations, but it takes a positive mindset to recognize them.
Don't let reality, get in way of your dreams.
Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!
The question I'm most commonly asked is "Why?" A more pertinent question might be, why is it that more people don't attempt to escape the limitations imposed upon them? If Tracks has a message at all, it is that one can be awake to the demand for obedience that seems natural simply because it is familiar. Wherever there is pressure to conform (one person's conformity is often in the interests of another person's power), there is a requirement to resist. Of course I did not mean that people should drop what they were doing and head for the wilder places, certainly not that they should copy what I did. I meant that one can choose adventure in the most ordinary of circumstances. Adventure of the mind, or to use an old-fashioned word, the spirit.
It would be indeed unusual if it turned out that the set of orders that our mind is able to construct and accept, having as it does a deep sense of __nderstanding the essence of things,_ matches precisely the set of all possible orders to be detected in the Universe as a whole. We should admit that this is not impossible, yet it does seem highly improbable. This way of thinking, so modest in its assessment of our abilities, is probably the only way recommended, given our lack of knowledge, because we are not aware of our limitations.
Real limitations can be reasonably challenged and expanded, but a hobbled mind is not going anywhere.
The wall of every inability can only be built with one's mind.