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.

We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.

We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.

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.

When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse
directs it to either side.
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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.]

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.

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

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.]