"We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is."

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Source : Maria Irene Fornes (1987). “Promenade and Other Plays”, Paj Publication

Maria Irene Fornes

#Impossible Quotes #Stills Quotes

“I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.”
“In Matthew, Jesus declares, â€œWhoever is not with me is against me.â€ In Mark, he says,â€œWhoever is not against us is for us.â€ Did he say both things? Could he mean both things? How can both be true at once? Or is it possible that one of the Gospel writers got things switched around?”
“If people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.”
“Roughly two billion people participate in the money economy, with less than half of those living in the wealthy countries of the developed world. These affluent 800 million, however, account for more than 75 percent of the world's energy and resource consumption, and also create the bulk of its industrial, toxic, and consumer waste.”
“We also need to recognize that God may have other plans in store for us, and we must be willing to accept that.”
“Note to self: being Kurt's son, being an ex-mental patient, getting into Harvard, having written a book, and being a doctor are all things that in and of themselves do not make a life. If you lean on them too hard, you'll find that there's not much there. But if you add up a lot of things that aren't in and of themselves enough, it almost starts to add up to something....”
“I think the end is endless. It's either a big black hole or a big white light or both together. But it's totally meaningless, because even if someone would explain it, I wouldn't understand it.”
“The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without any discussion of the rich variety of alternatives ... Unlike civil laws, economic laws are imposed on people with all the authority of immutable laws of nature. But the economy is created by people, supported by government intervention, regulation, statute and subsidy, and implemented in such a way that it gives substantial wealth and power to a privileged few, while the majority face a life of relentless work, stress and periodic financial insecurity.”

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