“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Temptations cannot but come, but woe to those through whom they come.” — Matthew the Apostle Copy Share Image
The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
“back when they were young and, if not hopeful, at least more joyful in their fatalism.” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable. — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. — Karl Liebknecht Copy Share Image
“The award for excessive success is eternal doubt and eventual failure." "So what, it's stupid to even try?" "No. It's unwise to… — Genevieve A. Ross Copy Share Image
“There's no spring in his step. No smile on his face. There's just a grim determination, grown strong over the years due… — Shawn P. McCarthy Copy Share Image
Words that in their everyday surrealism have no parallel in contemporary writing... Music that mines the deep veins of fatalism in the… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
“Fatalism in history is inevitable for the explanation of senseless phenomena (that is, those whose sense we do not understand).” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Every one should have their hands told once a month so as to know what not to do. Of course, one does… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“The author says people are guilty of "wrecking the present because the future was bound to be a wreck.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more. — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're… — Aubrey de Grey Copy Share Image
Questioning authority can hardly be called our national pastime. We even make a philosophy out of fear. Fatalism, destiny, karma... are the… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species. The essence of man… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The Greek idea of fate is moira, which means "portion." Fate rules a portion of your life. But there is more to… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“there is a danger inherent in the teaching...that man is nothing but the result of biological, psychological and sociological conditions, or the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The American Dream has become a death sentence of drudgery, consumerism, and fatalism: a garage sale where the best of the human… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
It is necessary that the weakness of the powerless is transformed into a force capable of announcing justice. For this to happen,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“Then the prophetess said to the witcher: "I shall give you this advice: wear boots made of iron, take in hand a… — Andrzej Sapkowski Copy Share Image
“It is pure fatalism, undiluted by environmental variability. Good living, good medicine, healthy food, loving families or great riches can do nothing… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
“From Orient Point The art of living isn't hard to muster: Enjoy the hour, not what it might portend. When someone makes… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
“I found the whole modern world talking scientific fatalism; saying that everything is as it must always have been, being unfolded without… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
they have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality. ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
“Submission, when it is submission to the truth — and when the truth is known to be both beautiful and merciful —… — Gai Eaton Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi Copy Share Image
“The villagers were speeding up the circling of events because she was too shortsighted to see that her infidelity had already harmed… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
“Mass education, because it produces hosts of badly educated people liberated from fatalism, will contribute to instability (p. 123).” — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
[in the]..curious way that my idealism has been mixed with my fatalism, so that I can possess the soul of a dreamer… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“The pervasive attitude of fatalism among Indians of all classes was yet another factor affecting the spirit of Indian armies—victory and defeat… — Abraham Eraly Copy Share Image
I think fatalism and redemption are themes that help a reader organize and eventually "own" a story or character. Writing them, I… — Linden MacIntyre Copy Share Image
Submission does not mean being weak or passive. It leads to neither fatalism nor capitulation. Just the opposite. True power resides in… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
The past doesn't change no matter how much time you spend thinking about it. Good and bad all add up to the… — Megan Hart Copy Share Image
“When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible… — Francesca Marciano Copy Share Image
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