“The storytelling mind is allergic to uncertainty, randomness, and coincidence. It is addicted to meaning. If the storytelling mind cannot find meaningful patterns in the world, it will try to impose them. In short, the storytelling mind is a factory that churns out true stories when it can, but will manufacture lies when it can’t.” IfsWorldTryingMindStoriesLyingPatternsMeaningfulStorytellingUncertaintyFactoriesCoincidenceFind MeTrue StoryRandomnessAllergic Book:The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human Source: The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
“Standing alone,eager to just believe,it's good enough to be what you really are,but in your heart,uncertainty forever lies,and you'll always be,somewhere on the outside.” BelieveHeartEnoughLyingForeverStandingUncertaintyGood EnoughJust BelieveStanding Alone Author:Mariah Carey
“Whatever the intellectual is too certain of, if he is healthily playful, he begins to find unsatisfactory. The meaning of his intellectual life lies not in the possession of truth but in the quest for new uncertainties.” IfsLyingCertainIntellectualPossessionUncertaintyQuestsIntellectual Life Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“The shadow of fear and uncertainty lies over most of us; for us the future seems far from being as clear and open as we believed it would be.” SeemsWould BeLyingClearShadowUncertainty Author:Faith Baldwin
“And though behind you lies a road of dust and heat and discouragement, and before you the challenge and uncertainty of untried paths, in this brief hour you are master of all highways, and the universe nestles in your soul.” SoulLyingUniverseHoursChallengesBehindsPathMastersDustYour SoulUncertaintyHeatHighwaysBehind YouDiscouragement Author:Max Ehrmann
“As I see our world, I have never seen greater confusion, greater loss of meaning, greater uncertainty, and greater fear of what looms in front of us. Politics has gotten out of control everywhere. Nobody sees a mascot or a leader, and everyone wants to know what really lies ahead here.” KnowsWorldWantLyingLossLeaderGreaterFrontsConfusionUncertaintyOur WorldMascots Author:Ravi Zacharias