“No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.” MenShouldHas BeensVirtueTakenFate Author:Ammianus Marcellinus
“Religious ideas have the fate of melodies, which, once set afloat in the world, are taken up by all sorts of instruments, some of them woefully coarse, feeble, or out of tune, until people are in danger of crying out that the melody itself is detestable.” PeopleWorldIdeasReligionReligiousTakenFateCryDangerInstrumentsTunesMelodyCoarse Book:Complete Works Of George Eliot Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot
“What psycho-analysis reveals in the transference phenomena of neurotics can also be observed in the lives of some normal people. The impression they give is of being pursued by a malignant fate or possessed by some 'daemonic' power; but psycho-analysis has always taken the view that their fate is for the most part arranged by themselves and determined by early infantile influences.” PeopleGivingViewsTakenFateInfluenceNormalDeterminedImpressionAnalysisPossessedPursuedPsychoInfantileTransference Book:Beyond the Pleasure Principle Source: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
“It is man's duty to live in conformity with the divine will, and this means, firstly, bringing his life into line with 'nature's laws', and secondly, resigning himself completely and uncomplainingly to whatever fate may send him. Only by living thus, and not setting too high a value on things which can at any moment be taken away from him, can he discover that true, unshakeable peace and contentment to which ambition, luxury and above all avarice are among the greatest obstacles.” MenMayMeanMomentsLawValuesLinesTakenFateDivineDutyAmbitionObstaclesSettingSettingsLuxuryContentmentConformityAvariceGreatest ObstaclesDivine WillResigning Author:Seneca the Younger