To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Achieving the impossible requires thinking in ways that initially seem impossible or unimaginable.
- In plain terms
- To do the impossible you must first think about things that seem unthinkable.
- What can you take from it?
- Breakthroughs begin with ideas that defy current limits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What seems impossible to you now?
- What would it take to think it?
Another view
Some unthinkable ideas may remain impossible due to physical or logical laws.
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