"Uncertainty is wondrous, and.. certainty, were it to be real, would be moral death."

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Source : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1999). “The End of the World as We Know it: Social Science for the Twenty-first Century”, p.4, U of Minnesota Press

Immanuel Wallerstein

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“I have a strong lead so far, and I would be proud to win it because it remains the summit for a skier. I also aim to collect several smaller crystal trophies at Are, especially the GS Cup.”
“It's not just that toil allows the appearance of spontaneity. It allows the actuality of spontaneity.”
“It's as if tendencies that seem most deeply rooted in our minds, most private and singular, have come in as spores on the prevailing wind, looking for any likely place to land, any welcome.”
“The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.”
“Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about.”
“It's not too difficult to get the skeletons out of the closet with people, but to get the gold out is a different matter. That is therapy. Psychology is the Art of finding the gold of the spirit.”
“Ministry, however, is simply loving the person in front of you. It's about stopping for the one and being the very fragrance of Jesus to a lost and dying world.”
“The power of verse stems from an indefinable harmony between when it says and what it is.”

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