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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.
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man that function
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My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,
Shakes so my single state of man that function
Is smothered in surmise and nothing is
But what is not.
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
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.
An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a read more
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
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.]
