For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

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.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
From me, whose love was of that dignity
That it read more

O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
From me, whose love was of that dignity
That it went hand in hand even with the vow
I made to her in marriage, and to decline
Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor
To those of mine!

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, read more

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.

Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.