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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets
to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic read more
There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets
to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct
from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our
seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own
influences.
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is read more
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.
Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.
Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge read more
For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.
