Quotes about Uncertainty

I could be rearrested at any time; there could be attempts of my life. I have no idea. You are dealing with totally unpredictable people and a nation where the rule of law means nothing.

The familiar can feel good - especially with so much uncertainty when we turn on the news. But it doesn't uplift us, challenge us, or inspire anew as truly original work can.

Since we live in an age of innovation, a practical education must prepare a man for work that does not yet exist and cannot yet be clearly defined.

Work is most fulfilling when you're at the comfortable, exciting edge of not quite knowing what you are doing.

Let us fear the worst, but work with faith; the best will always take care of itself.

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.

Nothing is more obvious than the need for change. Nothing is less obvious than what needs to change and how that change happens.

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.