Quotes about Uncertainty

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature

Thou knowest all; I seek in vain What lands to till or sow with seed - The land is black with briar and weed, Nor cares for falling tears or rain. Thou knowest all; I sit and wait With blinded eyes and hands that fail, Till the last lifting of the veil And the first opening of the gate. Thou knowest all; I cannot see. I trust I shall not live in vain, I know that we shall meet again In some divine eternity.

Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.

No, you don't have to certain about anything you're not certain about. In fact, certainty is not something you can choose, anyway. Certainty and uncertainty are not things that are under the will.

In feelings we really know that something is "there," and solidly so. But what it is and why it is remains obscure—though hauntingly present.

Tension is living in the gap between certainty and uncertainty. We always begin with what we know, and are irresistibly drawn to what we don't know. We are inveterately curious. We are wired to grow, and all growth stretches us beyond our comfort level. Comfort is the absence of tension; growth requires a swim in murky, dangerous waters... Tension is the medium which we breathe everyday.

You have to get outside of your comfort zone if you're going to make significant changes in your life, and since few things scare people like the unknown, feeling fear is an excellent sign that you're on the right track.

Have no fear of moving into the unknown.

Never take friendship for granted, you never know what tomorrow holds.

4. If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class - is becoming a game of chance.

Faith puts you out on a wide river in a little boat, in the fog, in the dark.