Quotes About Destiny

They christened the child, whereat he wept and made a grimace, as though he foresaw that he was to be a titular councillor. In

De que modo estranho e incompreensível o destino brinca connosco! Será que alguma vez alcançamos aquilo que almejamos? Será que conseguimos aquilo que, parece, as nossas forças foram expressamente preparadas? Tudo se passa ao contrário.

One can get very used to the life of nobility if fates allow, but the first order of business is for one to rely on himself.

At last; something must kill a man.

Don't fade your faith in my fate.

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.

Better to exist without destiny, only to exist.

Consciousness is power. Be aware of what needs be done and it will be done. Only keep alert – and quiet. Once you reach your destination and know your real nature, your existence becomes a blessing to all. You may not know, nor will the world know; yet the help radiates.

In reality, nothing happens. Onto the screen of the mind, destiny forever projects its pictures, memories of former projections, and thus illusion constantly renews itself. The pictures come and go - light intercepted by ignorance. See the light and disregard the picture.

Exactly as the shadow appears when light is intercepted by the body, so does the person arise when pure self-awareness is obstructed by the "I am the body" idea. And as the shadow changes shape and position according to the lay of the land, so does the person appear to rejoice and suffer, rest and toil, find and lose, according to the pattern of destiny.

My birth was just an incident but my death will not go unnoticed

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

Time is the reef upon which all our mystic ships are wrecked.

Why is it, Master," he asked bitterly, "that despite all a physician is able to do, he is as a leaf before the wind, and the real power lies only with Allah?

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 is from someplace. We all have stories, our lives unfolding along crooked lines, colliding in unexpected ways.

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.

People get up in the morning and they think it's another day. They make plans. They move in a chosen direction. But it's not another day. It's the day their train derails or a tornado touches down or the ferry sinks.

At first I asked myself—why would God talk to me? I'm not special. But then I thought—why not me? Maybe that's the point. What is history if not a mass grave filled with the bodies of followers of Special Men?

Life is a series of decisions and reactions. It is the things you do and the things that are done to you. And then it's over.

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.

They all walk their own paths, live their own lives. A journey without farewells, a beginning without end. It is a little lonely, but that's how it is

The process of waiting and enduring qualifies you for the next step—the step into your destiny.