Quotes About Uncertainty

In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain

The only certainty is that nothing is certain

The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.

The randomness of cancer is often very hard to accept.

At IndieBio, I quickly learned there was no such master plan— but more than that, it was wrong to think this period we face could be planned out at all. It was fast, blind, and dense. Nobody is an expert in the unknown. Planning wasn't the way to solve it. Experimenting was. There is no plan, just a way.

Some people, well, most people just seem to show up on your life with no clear purpose. Have you noticed that? They're like dust mites. You know they're there, you just don't know what to do about them.

you always felt they were pawns in an indifferent universe, butts of an existential joke with no punch line.

I don't know what I want sometimes, But I know that I want to know what I want. I know that once I know what I want I will be able to get it. Of course, I may not want what I get when I get it... But, at least I'll know I don't want that! Then, I can move on to something else I don't know if I want. That's progress!

The fact that there are countless things we will never know, and many that we could not possibly know, does not mean they do not exist—only that we cannot prove it.

I'm only certain that nothing is forever. No matter how carefully you design a system, it will go bad and die.

Di dunia ini manusia bukan berduyun-duyun lahir dan berduyun-duyun pula kembali pulang. Seorang-seorang mereka datang. Seorang-seorang mereka pergi. Dan yang belum pergi dengan cemas-cemas menunggu saat nyawanya terbang entah ke mana.

Dia telah tinggalkan aku, entah untuk sementara entah tidak.

There are no guarantees in life, which is why my motto is to live intensely, love fiercely and to always have two shelties.

Anxiety comes from not facing the antipathetic possibilities.

There is no will unmingled with hesitation, and no hesitation unmingled with will.

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

An undecided man is the worst disaster of the village.

Some days are harder than the others. Some days the smile is just for pictures. Some days force you to think about the uncertainties rising everyday. Some days are just going to change us forever. Some days!"

Benjamin Franklin was certain of two things: death and taxes. Taoists are simpler. We are certain of only one thing: change, in all dimensions.

Even a monotonously undeviating path of self-examination does not necessarily lead to a mountain of self-knowledge. I stumble towards my grave confused, hurt and hungry ...

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

I wouldn't mind dying — it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.

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

They worry because their brain is demanding closure on a specific issue. Their mind says, "This is how it must turn out for me to feel secure. And I must feel secure. Do I know for certain it will turn out this way?" It is as though they require a one-hundred percent guarantee that they will encounter zero risk. That is simply too much to ask of life.