Fate And Destiny – Page 2

They are raised on

They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. Claudius Claudianus

Destiny and fate are

Destiny and fate are of one’s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path. Chris Murray

Yet it would be

Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. Charlotte Bronte

The notion of fate and destiny is a very Greek concept. Working in the theater you do think a lot about that, because as a storyteller you do think, ‘At what point was this always going to happen and what part have I got a hand in being able to change things?’ Cate Blanchett

Ideals are like stars;

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. Carl Schurz

When an inner situation

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. Carl Jung

I really believe that

I really believe that coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous. Bill Moyers

A consistent soul believes

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. Benjamin Disraeli

Faber est suae quisque

Faber est suae quisque fortunae. Each man is the architect of his own fate. Appius Claudius Caecus

To live in the

To live in the universe of high modernity is to live in an environment of chance and risk, the ineveitable concomitants of a system geared to the domination of nature and the reflexive making of history. Fate and destiny have no formal part to play in such a system, which operates (as a matter of … Read more