“ I don't believe in providence and fate, as a technologist I am used to reckoning with the formulae of probability. ”
- Max Frisch- Copy
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“ Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma China could not have invaded. (in reference to violation of Buddha's forbidding animal slaughter). ”
- Dalai Lama- Copy
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“ Nought is there in wealthThat serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealthOf Destiny and Doom. ”
- Aeschylus- Copy
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“ A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. ”
- Chanakya- Copy
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“ To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. ”
- Bodhidharma- Copy
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“ I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma. ”
- Marcia Wallace- Copy
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“ People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead. ”
- Edith Wharton- Copy
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“ In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing. ”
- Plutarch- Copy
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“ The consequences of our actions take hold of us quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have "improved". ”
- Nietzsche- Copy
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“ The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed. ”
- J. K. Rowling- Copy
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“ Buddhism has helped me toward gaining control over my own destiny, and given me the courage to follow directions I believe in. ”
- Herbie Hancock- Copy
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“ If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ There is a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Men may not get all they pay for in this world; but they must certainly pay for all they get. ”
- Frederick Douglas- Copy
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“ As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes. ”
- Bhagavad Gita- Copy
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“ There is a destiny that makes us brothers: none goes his way alone, All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. ”
- Edwin Markham- Copy
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“ We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection. ”
- Richard Gere- Copy
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“ Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. ”
- Tryon Edwards- Copy
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“ Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. ”
- Les Brown- Copy
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