“Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi
“The world is not our imagination but our nightmare, full of inconceivable surprises.”
Kaddish for a Child Not Born (1990)
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“The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises.”
Jorge Amado (1912–2001) Brazilian writer
Source: Gabriela, Clavo y Canela
“This world is but canvas to our imaginations.”
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Variant: The world is but a canvas to the imagination. <br class="br">Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/7cncd10.txt (1849), Wednesday
“Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.”
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942) Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel …
Nobel lecture (2005)
Context: Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building the machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity. Imagine a world in which we would shed the same tears when a child dies in Darfur or Vancouver. Imagine a world where we would settle our differences through diplomacy and dialogue and not through bombs or bullets. Imagine if the only nuclear weapons remaining were the relics in our museums. Imagine the legacy we could leave to our children.
Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.
“All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Pomes All Sizes (1992)
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)
Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker
Source: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action