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.]

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure 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

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I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.

This
I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.

We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.

We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.

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.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

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.