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To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before read more
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is read more
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.
And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping read more
And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping only that the futures power will shed light on a new and wonderful destiny.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one read more
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.
Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.