Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate.
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Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate.
The book of nature is the book of fate. She turns the gigantic pages, leaf after leaf never returning one.
At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.
None can hold fortune still and make it last.
The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.
What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.
Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.
A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . .
And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.
In my clinical experience, the greatest block to a person's development is his having to take on a way of life which is not rooted in his own powers.
. . . man is just what he thinks himself to be . . . He will attract to himself what the thinks most about. He can learn to govern his own destiny when he learns to control his thoughts.
The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill.
The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you become too much a part of the society, it will reduce your soul also to a non-entity. Beware, before you have lost your whole opportunity. Don't be a slave. Follow society to the point you feel is needed, but always remain master of your own destiny.
Although we think of them as extraordinary, miracles also streak across our consciousness every day. We can choose to notice or ignore them, unaware that our destinies may hang in the balance. Tune into the presence of miracles, and in an instant, life can be transformed into a dazzling experience, more wondrous and exciting than we could even imagine. Ignore it, and an opportunity is gone forever.
By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.
Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.
Just by being ourselves we are borne toward a destiny far beyond anything we could imagine. It is enough to know that the being I nourish inside me is the same as the Being that suffuses every atom of the cosmos.
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