Quotes About Serendipity

My mom used to say everything happens for a reason and there's no such thing as coincidences. Serendipity, yes; coincidence, no. She always said every event was part of God's tapestry. One side—the side we see as we stumble through life—looks like a confusing mass of interwoven thread, but on the other side—the side God sees— is a radiant, gorgeous work of art.

My mom used to say everything happens for a reason and there's no such thing as coincidences. Serendipity, yes; coincidence, no. She always said every event was part of God's tapestry. One side—the side we see as we stumble through life—looks like a confusing mass of interwoven thread, but on the other side—the side God sees— is a radiant, gorgeous work of art. And now, I can't help but wonder if there's a reason this happened.

So maybe they didn't get where they intended to go, but they ended up where they were meant to be.

The most amazing things happen by chance.

You've been inexpressibly lucky," he said finally. "And inexpressibly mad, although in your case the two seem to be the same thing

Le hasard est le seul roi légitime dans l'univers.

The sacred geometry of chance, sir.

If there's someone you like and they like you back…It's close to a miracle…

principle of serendipitous confluence.

you can turn a corner and find your life waiting there for you, and that if you walked past it, it would come after and keep tapping you on the shoulder.

Stay open to opportunity -- you never know where your next important connection will be made.

Google filters out serendipity in favor of insularity. It douses the infectious messiness of a city with an algorithmic antiseptic.

The imporant things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait awhile and then maybe give them a little nudge.

The important things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait awhile and then maybe give them a little nudge.

Your arrival is fortuitous.

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

È il destino che gentilmente abbassa il predellino della sua antiquata carrozza e mi tende la mano per aiutarmi a salire, ma a pensarci, e a pensarci seriamente, si arrivava a uno sciocco calembour: il destino mi tende il piede, mi fa lo sgambetto per atterrarmi, per mettermi al tappeto... A volte mi dicevo persino: forse hai pensato troppo in tutta la tua vita. Gli altri non pensano e vivono felici.

It does not matter much what happens, for ultimately the return to balance and harmony is inevitable. The heart of things is at peace.

Everyone has their own path. The choices they've made. How any two people end up in the same place at the same time is a mystery. You get on an elevator with a dozen strangers. You ride a bus, wait in line for the bathroom. It happens every day. To try to predict the places we'll go and the people we'll meet would be pointless.

Everyone has their path. The choices they've made. How any two people end up in the same place at the same time is a mystery. You get on an elevator with a dozen strangers. You ride a bus, wait in line for the bathroom. It happens every day. To try to predict the places we'll go and the people we'll meet would be pointless.

Everyone has their path. The choices they've made. How any two people end up in the same place at the same time is a mystery. You

I made the choice, but it was also fate.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

And what a stroke of luck that such a book had fallen into the hands of such a person in such a place.