There’s no such thing as fate. It’s simply a combination of one circumstance and the next.
I shall command the sunset.
But, according to my science of government, I shall wait until conditions are favorable.
People need to take responsibility for their actions...and face the consequences, one way or another.
There are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.
“Until you can ignore your circumstances, and just do as you promise,” he says, “you’ll always be controlled by the world.”
I kept waiting, you know? Thinking that I'd do something to change my circumstances. Do something. Such an awful waste. You never get it back.
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity.
Always a leader of men, no matter what the circumstances.
Every villain thinks themselves the hero. And vice versa. In truth, there's a little villain and hero in each of us. Depending on the circumstances.
- 1
- 2