...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty.
Nate SilverTags: prediction risk uncertainty ratings
For others, as for ourselves, we must trust him. If we could thoroughly understand anything, that would be enough to prove it undivine; and that which is but one step beyond our understanding must be in some of its relations as mysterious as if it were a hundred.
George MacDonaldTags: god suffering trust uncertainty mystery theodicy
Human nature turns out to be more complicated than the idea that people will get along if only the rules are clear enough. Uncertainty, the ultimate evil that modern law seeks to eradicate, generally fosters cooperation, not the opposite.
Philip K. HowardTags: law bureaucracy uncertainty government rules
When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith....
E.A. BucchianeriTags: motivational inspirational strength doubt courage faith believe uncertainty strength-through-adversity doubts keep-going inspirational-attitude gadfly mustard-seed have-faith keep-faith keeping-the-faith
To seek Truth is automatically a calling for the innate dissident and the subversive; how
many are willing to give up safety and security for the perilous life of the spiritual revolutionary? How
many are willing to truly learn that their own cherished concepts are wrong? Striking provocative or
mysterious poses in the safety of Internet [social media] is far easier than taking the risks involved in
the hard work of genuine initiation.
Tags: truth spirituality uncertainty self-examination subversion outcasts dissidents spiritual-transformation anti-social-media revolutionary-spirit
My voice is born repeatedly in the fields of uncertainty.
Terry Tempest WilliamsTags: uncertainty birth voice
I wasn’t sure what was worse: being oblivious or living within reality. (Eric)
Shannon A. ThompsonTags: reality questioning lies identity paranormal-romance fiction uncertainty young-adult oblivious
An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for a time, a kind of dreary tranquillity.
Alberto MoraviaTags: certainty evil uncertainty anxiety tranquility disquiet
The most self-damaging words in the English language are: try, might, and if. These are words of uncertainty. Will you fail? That is possible. But continue doubting your abilities and you’ll never succeed.
Dannika DarkTags: motivational success doubt confidence romance language try motivation uncertainty abilities english damaged ability series if urban-fantasy pnr succeed might mageri damaging
Was it a doubt - a fear - a wandering uncertainty seeking rest, but finding none - so tear-blinded were its eyes - Mr. Thornton, instead of being shocked, seemed to have through that very stage of thought himself, and could suggest where the exact ray of light was to be found, which should make the dark places plain. Man of action as he was, busy in the world's great battle, there was a deeper religion binding him to God in his heart, in spite of his strong willfulness, through all his mistakes, than Mr. Hale ever dreamed.
Elizabeth GaskellTags: doubt uncertainty men-of-action
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