Quotes by uncertainty
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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
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One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty.
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We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!
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All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew nothing, yes, I knew nothing. And so words became void of meaning. I have arrived too late at ultimate uncertainty.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
Source: On War (1832) -
Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and it's the cloud of uncertainty forever hanging over these events that darkens a husband's mood.
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Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.
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Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.
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For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
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He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
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He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know
Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go
Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree
And his hand come down empty...Source: Tapestry (1971) -
Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition.
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I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.
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If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.
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If we must not act save on a certainty, we ought not to act on religion, for it is not certain. But how many things we do on an uncertainty, sea voyages, battles!
Source: Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works
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