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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.
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I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.
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I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
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Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
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Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.
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.
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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