The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Natural History of Intellect
There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny.
HAN SOLO, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to Mrs. George William Fairfax, Sep. 12, 1758
There can be no exit from manifest destiny.
No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.
Each person discovers a field of allurements, the totality of which bears the unique stamp of that person's personality. Destiny unfolds in the pursuit of individual fascinations and interests ... By pursuing your allurements, you help bind the universe together. The unity of the world rests on the pursuit of passion.
BRIAN SWIMME, The Universe is a Green Dragon
- For Destiny never swerves
- Nor yields to men the helm.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, The World-Soul
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
