Casts Quote by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty

— Virginia Satir

“However cruelly fate treats people, however miserable life can be, there are those who will accept the challenge to plumb the depths of that…

— Manabu Miyazak

“Fate, suffering, changing, expected outcomes, killing dreams, rupturing hearts and hopes, Fate blanks the disappointment in my chest with suffering, then slaps me right…

— YellowBella

“There is uncertainty in hope, but even with its tenuous nature, it summons our strength and pulls us through fear and grief— and even…

— Priscille Sibley

“Most people are strongly wired to be intolerant of uncertainty. We experience it as pain, fear, anxiety, and doubt. When faced with the need…

— Jocelyn K. Glei

There is also something deeply lovely about uncertainty: the possibility of optimism.

— Joan Wickersham

“The observation of the numerous misfortunes that attend all conditions forbids us to grow insolent upon our present enjoyments, or to admire a man's…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

— Anonymous

Extreme happiness begets tragedy

— Anonymous

Nothing in the world causes so much misery as uncertainty.

— Martin Luther

“Uncertainty does not scare me,” Saylor said. “What frightens me more than anything is continuing to endure the same pain over and over, the…

— L.E. Henderson

“The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. This inevitable of destiny can…

— William Forster Lloyd