“The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all”
“Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for a sensibly cautious being to play with.”
Source: Ringworld (1970), p. 314
Living, Loving, and Learning (1982)
Variant: Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Source: Living Loving and Learning
Context: To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
“You’re the greatest risk I’ve ever taken. And the greatest reward.”
Variant: You’re the greatest risk I’ve ever taken.” His pressed his lips gently to mine. “And the greatest reward.
Source: Reflected in You
Source: In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 415
