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1 " Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance. "
― Dejan Stojanovic , The Sun Watches the Sun
2 " A misbegotten hatchling of consciousness, a birth defect of our species, imagination is often revered as a sign of vigor in our make-up. But it is really just a psychic overcompensation for our impotence as beings. Denied nature’s exemption from creativity, we are indentured servants of the imaginary until the hour of our death, when the final harassments of imagination will beset us. "
― Thomas Ligotti , The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
3 " What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty. "
― J.I. Packer , Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God
4 " The more we realize our minuteness and our impotence in the face of cosmic forces the more astonishing becomes what human beings have achieved. "