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“Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.”

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“Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed”

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“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.”

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“If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to the truth; and second, the courage to follow this light wherever it may lead.”

Karl von Clausewitz quotes

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“Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.”

Publius Cornelius Tacitus quotes

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“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.”

R. I. Fitzhenry quotes

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“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.”

Ursula K. LeGuin quotes (American Writer best known for tales of science fiction, b.1929)

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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.”

Erich Fromm quotes (German born American social Philosopher and Psychoanalyst, 1900-1980)

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“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream”

Vincent van Gogh quotes (Dutch Painter, one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, 1853-1890)

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“Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.”

John Finley quotes

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