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Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
[Lat., read more
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
[Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc
impellitur.]
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina read more
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
[Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae
Tempora di superi?]
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions
An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.
An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
This
I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.
This
I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his read more
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt read more
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo:
Et subito casu, quae valuere, ruunt.]
