Quotes About Uncertainty

Man after the second half of the twentieth century is frustrated. You know that the foundation of all subversiveness is laid on frustration and this frustration keeps finding ways to subversive activities. And you also know that an uncert...ain present has made man pessimistic about future... therefore he runs after anything that glitters, be it fire

La mente dell'uomo è contorta e in genere lo spinge a credere sempre alla peggiore delle ipotesi

What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that?

You fear tomorrow: yet yesterday is just as dangerous.

Saying of the Mulla Nasrudin. If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised.

You will always have doubts, but only discover them at a useful time for your weakness to point them out.

When you are still fragmentated, lacking certainty — what difference does it make what your decisions are?

Tú temes el mañana, sin embargo el ayer es igual de peligroso.

Siempre tendrás dudas, pero sólo las descubrirás en los momentos que tu debilidad aproveche para señalarlas.

Pasará, sea lo que fuere.

Debatir si uno confía o no es señal de que uno no quiere confiar en modo alguno, y, por lo tanto, es aún incapaz de ello.

Cuando aún estás fragmentado, carente de certezas: ¿qué importa la índole de tus decisiones?

A la propaganda ya no le interesaba convencer, sino provocar una cacofonía sobre diferentes versiones para que no se estuviese seguro de nada.

Porque nos suceden las cosas? ¿De veras un encuentro casual es lo menos casual del mundo, como dice Cortázar?

Vengo, mas no sé de dónde. Soy, mas no sé quién. Moriré, mas no sé cuándo. Camino, mas no sé hacia donde. Me sorprende que esté contento y ría.

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.

We make such plans for our lives, she thinks, and this is the way they turn out, nothing like what we imagine.

You're riding a runaway train into a tunnel that leads into a station where there's a welcome-home party from all your worst nightmares

You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything.

Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.

And we'll take it one step at a time. God isn't surprised by this. This is where our fear meets the bedrock of our faith.

Everything in this life can fail. I have to keep reminding myself that only God is faithful and never fails us. Things are bleak, life is unfair, but this isn't over yet. We will see God work.

I just didn't know where he'd come from. Or, as Mina would no doubt say, from where he'd come.

Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I'd ever make.