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Quotes About Destiny

By associating Arjuna and Krishna to Nara and Narayana, Vyasa makes them creatures of destiny. Their birth is not random; they are born for a reason.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Fate. Free will. God. Three frames of reference that have sustained cultures for centuries. Three frames of reference that can never be proved or disproved.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Though nobleman, he can never be king. Though cowherd, he can always lead.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Nothing in the Hindu world happens spontaneously. Every event is a reaction to the past, the result of a curse or a boon. Fortune is predestined. Misfortune fated.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The throw of dice in a gambling match indicates fate while the movement of coins on the board indicates free will. Thus the Vedic game of dice was not just a game but a representation of life controlled by fate and free will. It was a part of fertility rituals. It was said that in the game of life, Yama, god of death and destiny, threw the die while humans guided by Kama, god of life and desire, had the power to move the coins.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
By making man the master of his own destiny and the creator of his own desires, God makes man ultimately responsible for the life he leads and the choices he makes. God does not interfere with fate; he simply helps man cope with it.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Both travelling to holy spots and listening to sacred stories are believed to reduce the burden of karmic debts and increase the load of karmic equity.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
They realized neither the war nor the victory was their own creation. Both were products of destiny. The
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
laws of karma: 'Every action has consequences. Why blame the instrument of karma for
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The Pandavas won not because they were better warriors; they won because God wanted them to.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The events in your life are the result of your past deeds, performed in this lifetime or the ones before. You alone are responsible for it. Such is the law of karma.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Such is the law of karma. Every action, howsoever innocent, has a reaction, that one has to experience if not in this life, then in the next,
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Accept that nothing happens without a reason. Accept that all experiences have a purpose. Accept
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Every event in our life is determined by past actions.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Destiny and desire, karma and kama, are the two forces that propel the world. Destiny is a reaction, an obligation that follows an action. Desire is an aspiration that forces the world to transform in a particular way. Destiny creates fate. Desire is based on free will. We have the freedom to accept life as it is or to make it the way we want it to be. That is what makes us Manavas or humans. Kaikeyi
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
events in our lives are reactions to past actions.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
never let fear define who you are, and never let where you came from determine where you are going.
~ Dewey
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~ Dewi Lestari
Bintang yang sama tidak akan pernah jatuh untuk kedua kalinya
~ Dewi Lestari - Perahu Kertas
There was no way that I could explain to dogs, friends, or parents my compelling need to return to Africa to launch a long-term study of the gorillas. Some may call it destiny and others may call it dismaying. I call the sudden turn of events in my life fortuitous.
~ Dian Fossey
the future has already happened, just like the past. And one day you will see that there are no answers, only the places we make.
~ Diana Evans
When I asked my da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd have no doubt. And I didn't. When I woke in the dark under that tree on the road to Leoch, with you sitting on my chest, cursing me for bleeding to death, I said to myself 'Jamie Fraser, for all ye canna see what she looks like, and for all she weights as much as a good draft horse, this is the woman.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true.
~ Diana Peterfreund
the other boy, at Farthing, hadn't been reasurring. His father certainly hadn't been. Mustard's marching orders had been clear. He was supposed to come to Blackbrook and keep his nose clean, not get involved in two separate murders and make out with a cute guy in an abandoned building. But Plum just kept being there. Undeniable. Inevitable. Like lots of things were, he supposed.
~ Diana Peterfreund