Ambiguity Quotes

199 quotes by 168 authors

Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality. — Theodor Adorno
The greater the ambiguity, the greater the pleasure. — Milan Kundera
There's the ambiguity of human relationships, for instance. A relationship between two people, just like a sequence of words, is ambiguous if it is open… — Elliot Perlman
In overlooking, denying, evading this complexity--which is nothing more than the disquieting complexity of ourselves--we are diminished and we perish; only within this web of… — James A. Baldwin
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself. — Brad Warner
If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes… — Madeleine L'Engle
For most of my life I had operated under a simple schematic of winning and losing, but cancer was teaching me a tolerance for ambiguities. — Lance Armstrong
He took pains to avoid self-depreciation, self-mockery, ambiguity, irony, subtlety, vulnerability, a civilized world-weariness and a tragic sense of history--the very things, he says, that… — Don DeLillo
The way of trust is a movement into obscurity, into the undefined, into ambiguity, not into some predetermined, clearly delineated plan for the future. The… — Brennan Manning
In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, and never again, no matter how many lifetimes you live. — Robert James Waller
Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us, most of the… — Michael Shermer
One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed… — Angela Carter
That was a good time in my life, in spite of having the sensation of floating on a cloud, surrounded by both lies and things… — Isabel Allende
I began dividing life in absolutes... Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, and when life didn't obey this black-and-white rule, when… — J. R. Moehringer
Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?' Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they… — Neal Stephenson
The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make… — Ann Druyan
There appear to be many people who chose to go crazy (or become alcoholics, addicts, criminals, suicides) rather than have to bear the pain and… — Sheldon B. Kopp
Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take literally the tenth-hand… — Christopher Hitchens
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution,… — Pema Chodron
In the long term everyone traffics in foregone conclusions, and in the short term they just get drunk. This is the way it has always… — Paul Neilan

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