All uncertainty is fruitfull ... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand
Interpretation
Uncertainty can lead to growth and understanding if one seeks knowledge.
This quote by Antonio Machado emphasizes that uncertainty, often seen as a negative state, can actually be beneficial if it is paired with a genuine desire to seek understanding. It suggests that the human experience of doubt or ambiguity is not only inevitable but can also be a productive force when it inspires curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge.
In practice
A teacher might use this quote to inspire students to embrace challenges in their learning journey.
Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreamingβ its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence
No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has ever experienced.
XXIX Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea.
I. Don't trace out your profile-- forget your side view-- all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren't.
Life is the path you beat while you walk it It's the walking that beats the path It is not the path that makes the walk
Hell is the bloodcurdling mansion of time, in whose profoundest circle Satan himself waits, winding a gargantuan watch in his hand.
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
Defeat in this world is no disgrace and that is what they cannot understand. If you really fought well and fought for the right thing.
We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn β the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perennial, like the music of the spheres.
Each of us has an inner room where we can visit to be cleansed of fear-based thoughts and feelings. This room, the holy of holies, is a sanctuary of light.
If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it too.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.