"Not knowing is a permissive and rigorous willingness to [leave] knowing in suspension, trusting in possibility without result."
-Ann Hamilton
"Knowing of not knowing is the best. While not knowing, pretending to know is a disease."
知不知上;不知知病。-Laozi
"Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing, for the known way is an impasse."
-Heraclitus
*Paraphrases of Heraclitus's thought: "We all face changes daily." "The only constant in life is change."
Annica (諸行無常, impermanence): "Everything changes."
-from Buddhist scripture.
"Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity."
-Eccl. 1:2
*Note: The Hebrew word "hebel" means "breath or vapor." Vanity is not the only translation of
this word. The idea of "hebel" is everything changes.
*Note: The Hebrew word "hebel" means "breath or vapor." Vanity is not the only translation of
this word. The idea of "hebel" is everything changes.
"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos."
-Mary Shelley
"It is dangerous to live in a secure world."
-Teju Cole
“Hope is the story of uncertainty, of coming to terms with the risk involved in not knowing what comes next, which is more demanding than despair and, in a way, more frightening. And immeasurably more rewarding.”
“Hope is the story of uncertainty, of coming to terms with the risk involved in not knowing what comes next, which is more demanding than despair and, in a way, more frightening. And immeasurably more rewarding.”
-Rebecca Solnit
"Change is inherent in being human. The key is how to understand and embrace it. A creative life comes through a vortex of change."
-Yung Suk Kim