The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determinin...
These are precisely the conditions that killed love, after first blighting its growth: squalor, fear, uncertainty, overfamiliarity.
(n.) The quality or state of being uncertain.
(n.) That which is uncertain; something unknown.
When comparing 100 years of experience to 1, there is a way to close the gap. One must simply understand the choices that were taken, the roads that were walked, and that there are no guarantees to an...
Death is certain. Life is always changing, like a puff of wind in the air, or a wave in the sea, or even a thought in the mind.
I ran rather than walked, anxious to lose my way. All I wanted was to be unsure.
No one ever said that you would live to see the repercussions of everything you do, or that you have guarantees, or that you are not obliged to wander in the dark, or that everything will be proved to...
When in doubt, be ridiculous.
But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to know that. You only have to know the history of your own life.
Every judgment teeters on the brink of error, Leto explained. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
He took his hands off the oars and pulled in the mooring rope. If I make a couple of loops, he thought, I can strap the axe on to my back.He had a mental picture of what could happen to a man who plun...
He had the feeling that he must make a decision, and though he was used to making many decisions every day, this time he was beset with uncertainty; in fact he had no idea what was being asked of him
Normal, in our house, is like a blanket too short for a bed--sometimes it covers you just fine, and other times it leaves you cold and shaking; and worst of all, you never know which of the two it's g...
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