The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Suggests that if an event occurred, it must be possible, challenging initial perceptions of impossibility.
- In plain terms
- If something happened, it is possible.
- What can you take from it?
- Reality overrides initial assumptions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What seems impossible but happened?
- How do you judge possibility?
Another view
Sometimes improbable events are coincidences, not new possibilities.
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