Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority--literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
Ignazio Silone
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of sear... 
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization o... 
Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a C... 
Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love. 
I don't know if I have a favorite color. 
It's very special having a new little girl. 
The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of ind... 
The ideology of capitalism makes us all into connoisseurs of liberty -- of the indefinite expansion ... 
The ideology of capitalism makes us all into connoisseurs of liberty - of the indefinite expansion o... 
Freedom is the possibility of development, of enhancement of one's life - or the possibility of ... 
The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate. 
I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I ju... 
Every step you take toward the top is possible because of all the little steps you took in the past.... 
The limit of impossible lies possibility. 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
I think people get a sense of possibility when they're on a plane, even romantic possibility, wo... 
The possibility of the dream gives strength. 
The possibility of an interim and temporary accord is under consideration. 
Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only re... 
Honoring everyone contains the promise of possibility. 
Is magic not enough to live for?" Widget asks.
Give me your tired, your poor, 
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... 
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. 
The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility. 
The Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer. 
The Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer 
The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even men... 
The acknowledgement of a single possibility can change everything. 
If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless. 
Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or posse... 
provide a very low or no possibility of a successful recovery for the bonds. 
You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. 
Any impossibility turned into a possibility is magic. 
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. 
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. 
The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. 
Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God. 
To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. 
She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. 
The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... 
What is the Other?" they ask.
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. 
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... 
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. 
The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists. 
How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.