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

Quote by Ursula K LeGuin

Topics: Uncertainty Quotes

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey...

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey...

Comfort was allowed to come to them rare, welcome, unsought: a gift like joy.

Comfort was allowed to come to them rare, welcome, unsought: a gift like joy.

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...

The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what...

The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant;...

The greatest religious problem today is how to be both a mystic and a militant;...

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by...

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by...

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the...

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the...

The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that...

The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that...

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a...

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a...

Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or...

Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or...

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

When reason rules, money is a blessing

When reason rules, money is a blessing

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of...

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

When once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid...

If some things dont make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

If some things dont make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that...

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that...

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest...

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest...

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.