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Destiny Quotes - Page 56

The doctrine of Necessity or Destiny is the doctrine of Toleration.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1841-1843”, p.23, Harvard University Press

They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.84, Penguin

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 (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.87, Penguin

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.

Nicholas Wright, Philip Pullman (2005). “His Dark Materials”, p.93, Heinemann

Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing is a courageous act: picking the results and actions which you will make into your destiny.

Peter Senge, Art Kleiner (2011). “The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization”, p.315, Nicholas Brealey Publishing