A. E. Waite Quotes

I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.

I'm not a religious person, so I'm not a hardcore fate fan but I guess it's got me thinking about that. I was very careful, though, not to link Jaye's stories always to that.

I don't believe in coincidences. I believe that things happen for a reason, and I think God has things - whether it's good or bad - happen towards a bigger picture that you don't necessarily understand at the present time.

Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.

The answer, The answer, my friend, is not yours to invent or create. It will be decided for you. It is outside you. It is real and objective and firm. One day you will hear it. You don’t create it. You don’t define it. It comes to you, and sooner or later you conform to it—or bow to it.

The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.

A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.

No one can escape his destiny.

The notion of fate and destiny is a very Greek concept. Working in the theater you do think a lot about that, because as a storyteller you do think, 'At what point was this always going to happen and what part have I got a hand in being able to change things?'

We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.

The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.

Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context.

The spirit of love arranges all meetings in divine order for the highest good of all concerned.

You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.

Be at peace and see a clear pattern and plan running through your lives. Nothing is by chance.

I believe, in my better moments, that there is a plan and things go not the way we want them to but the way they should.

God writes the story of our lives with the pen strokes of our own free choices.

For rarely man escapes his destiny.

God's got his hands in a lot of human pies.

Necessity is God's veil.

When I came into your life your life was over. It had a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is the end. You can say that things could have turned out differently. That they could have been some other way. But what does that mean? They are not some other way. They are this way.

I'm a believer that things happen. Fate is what happens.

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.