Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they read more

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.

Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.

The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their read more

The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order: the continuous thread of revelation.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered read more

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought read more

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

All epoch-making revolutionary events have been produced not by the written, but by the spoken word

All epoch-making revolutionary events have been produced not by the written, but by the spoken word

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a read more

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.