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Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they read more
Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write read more
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a read more
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn read more
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought read more
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.
When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.
Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. read more
To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control...
Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have read more
Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.