Quotes by Fate The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious. Albert Camus rare-moments fate tasks A fate is not a punishment. Albert Camus punishment fate It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate, and the contrast between the popular estimate of my powers and achievements and the reality is simply grotesque. Albert Einstein fate character science I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind... to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein (1929) Albert Einstein fate believe world Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntarily and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore. In our daily lives we only feel that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own. I am often worried at the thought that my life is based to such a large extent on the work of my fellow human beings and I am aware of my great indebtedness to them. Albert Einstein fate knowing men To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. Albert Einstein fate leadership inspirational The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves. Albert Einstein fate individuality waiting It is my fate to be considered an authority, since I spent my youth rebelling against it. Albert Einstein youth fate authority Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate. Albert Einstein fate destiny men Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods-in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations. Albert Einstein fate blessing science I do know that kind fate allowed me to find a couple of nice ideas after many years of feverish labor. Albert Einstein fate nice couple We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly. Albert Einstein fate shapes memorable In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity. Albert Schweitzer guilty fate struggle It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed. Albert Schweitzer fate vegetarianism animal The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their pain and need, and as far as possible avoids injuring or taking life. Albert Schweitzer fate pain nature Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or what is beautiful, and they will certainly not shield us from the common fate of the grave. But books grant us myriad possibilities: the possibility of change, the possibility of illumination. Alberto Manguel fate beautiful book Fate is a story that's been written for you by somebody else. By your parent's genes, by what happened to you when you were a child, by your culture, by the fact that you were born a man or a woman. Destiny is a story that you write. Alberto Villoldo fate writing children Here halt, I pray you, make a little stay. O wayfarer, to read what I have writ, And know by my fate what thy fate shall be. What thou art now, so shall thou be. The world's delight I followed with a heart Unsatisfied: ashes am I, and dust. Alcuin fate dust art As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends correspondingly to increase. And the dictator will do well to encourage that freedom...it will help to reconcile his subjects to the servitude which is their fate. Aldous Huxley fate political helping My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger. Aldous Huxley fate soul literature «1234567891011»