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 dreaming— 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.
The new midlife is where you realize that even your failures make you more beautiful and are turned spiritually into success if you became a better person because of them. You became a more humble person. You became a more merciful and compassionate person.
Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise,_x000D_ _x000D_ He who defers this work from day to day,_x000D_ _x000D_ Does on a river's bank expecting stay,_x000D_ _x000D_ Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone,_x000D_ _x000D_ That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.
What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
Personal healing on all levels - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual comes when we get in touch with our disowned energies.... Through integrating all aspects of ourselves, we become whole.
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