Chance Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

12 Chance quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson’s 12 short musings on chance blend philosophical depth with everyday relevance, offering a brief yet potent look at how randomness influences our paths.

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

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The dice of God are always loaded.

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Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance.

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People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.

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“Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”

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When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

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Be a football to Time and Chance, the more kicks, the better, so that you inspect the whole game and know its…

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When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his…

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There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes…

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When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the…

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He walks abreast with his days and feels no shame in not 'studying a profession', for he does not postpone his life,…

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