One thing remaining, infallible, would be Enough.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- One perfect, reliable thing is sufficient to sustain belief or value. Certainty in a single element can be enough.
- In plain terms
- One reliable thing is enough to give meaning.
- What can you take from it?
- Find sufficiency in a single certainty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is one thing that is enough for you?
- How do you find certainty?
Another view
It may underestimate the need for multiple supports.
More from Wallace Stevens
After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends. No was the night. Yes is this present sun.
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