There is no safety. Only varying states of risk. And failure.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life offers no guarantees, only different levels of risk and the potential to fail.
- In plain terms
- There is no safe path; every choice involves risk and failure.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that safety is an illusion and manage risk instead.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What risk are you taking now?
- How do you prepare for failure?
Another view
Some actions are safer than others, even if absolute safety doesn't exist.
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