Revolutions are not improvised. They are not made at will by individuals, and not even by the most powerful associations. They come about through force of circumstances, and are independent of any deliberate will or conspiracy.
The best of causes ruins as quickly as the worst; and the road to Limbo is paved with writers who have done everything I am being sympathetic, not satiric for the very best reasons.
How accidental our existences are, really, and how full of influence by circumstance.
Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for?
I have a vision for everything that I make, but... I'm not that considerate about what I do. I do whatever is in my head and how it ends up tends to be the thing that it's supposed to be. It was never a premeditated decision.
Did I help you to a fate you didn't want?
Things work in spite of me sometimes.
Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.
Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.
To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.
What you subconsciously want, you will get. And what you subconsciously do not want, you will avoid.
bad things, like good things don't happen any more often than they ought to by chance. the universe has no mind, no feelings, and no personality, so it doesn't do things in order to either hurt or please you. bad things happen because things happen.