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“Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.”

Way Looks Hard Destiny Absolutes Strive Conviction Pity Certainty I've Learned Amusement Hard Way Absolute Certainty

Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

“It seems to me now that mathematics is capable of an artistic excellence as great as that of any music, perhaps greater; not because the pleasure it gives (although very pure) is comparable, either in intensity or in the number of people who feel it, to that of music, but because it gives in absolute perfection that combination, characteristic of great art, of godlike freedom, with the sense of inevitable destiny; because, in fact, it constructs an ideal world where everything is perfect and yet true.”

Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

“Your character is your destiny. Building character is a task for the brave and dedicated. There are no shortcuts when it comes to building character. If you wish to cure minimalism in your own life, to develop a complete commitment to excellence and an absolute rejection of mediocrity, the question you need to start asking yourself is, "What is the most I can do?"”

Source: The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose

“You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.”

Ifs Mind May Mean Destiny Failing One Thing Divine Absolutes Just One Sole Our Destiny Your Destiny Control Your Destiny

Author:Napoleon Hill

“It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.”

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Book:The Coming of Age

Source: The Coming of Age

“As much as we have free choice, absolute destiny is immutable. What is meant to happen does, through one measure or another.”

Doe Happens Choices Destiny Absolutes Free Choice Meant To Happen Lover Enshrined

Book:Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood

Source: Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood

“I just have this absolute belief that humans are moving away from cruelty and destruction towards a time when we can truly live in harmony with nature. When we understand that there is a spiritual power around us from which we can draw strength. That is where I believe human destiny ultimately is taking us. I just hope we have time.”

Believe Humans God Spiritual Moving Time Spirituality Belief I Believe Nature Destiny Strength Draws Destruction Absolutes Harmony Cruelty Spiritual Power Moving Away

Author:Jane Goodall

“In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. Limits of wisdom and convenience to the public control there may be: limits of principle there are, upon strict analysis, none.”

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.”

Kind Chance Destiny Stage Mark Absolutes Appearance Encounters Transition Declaration Fright Contingency Stage Fright Declarations Of Love

Author:Alain Badiou