Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.
Interpretation
Fate represents events that havenβt been deeply considered or understood yet.
In this quote, Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that what we often refer to as fate consists of events and circumstances that have not yet been thoughtfully examined or understood. He implies that fate is not merely predetermined; rather, it encompasses causes that we have yet to explore, urging us to engage with our experiences and perceptions critically to uncover their true significance.
In practice
During a philosophical discussion on destiny and free will.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
Totalitarian states killed with impunity and no one was held accountable. That didn't happen in the West.
There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.
How strange a thing is death, bringing to his knees, bringing to his antlers The buck in the snow . . . Life, looking out attentive from the eyes of the doe.
In order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. This doesn't mean you give up your intention to create your desire...and you don't give up the desire. You give up your attachment to the result.
There are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion.
Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for its benefit. If there has been such a change in one person, there can be the same change in many.
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