Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.