Edwin H. Friedman Quotes

The great lesson here for all imaginatively gridlocked systems is that the acceptance and even cherishing of uncertainty is critical to keeping the human mind from voyaging into the delusion of omniscience.

Edwin H. Friedman

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• The great lesson here for all imaginatively gridlocked systems is that the acceptance and even cherishing of uncertainty is critical to keeping the human mind from voyaging into the delusion of omniscience.

  

  Edwin H. Friedman
  • Lesson
  • Human Mind
  • Omniscience