"Just to save himself a few minutes' trouble, a man does not pay his workmen on the proper day, thinking nothing of the difficulties he brings upon them. So much suffering is caused just by carelessness — by forgetting to think how an action will affect others. But karma never forgets, and it takes no account of the fact that men forget."

"The karma of cruelty is the most terrible of all. The fate of the cruel must fall also upon all who go out intentionally to kill God's creatures, and call it "sport"."

"Blue! Gentle cousin of the forest-green, Married to green in all the sweetest flowers— Forget-me-not,—the blue bell,—and, that queen Of secrecy, the violet: what strange powers Hast thou, as a mere shadow! But how great, When in an Eye thou art alive with fate!"

"Even if there were exceedingly few things in a finite space in an infinite time, they would not have to repeat in the same configurations. Suppose there were three wheels of equal size, rotating on the same axis, one point marked on the circumference of each wheel, and these three points lined up in one straight line. If the second wheel rotated twice as fast as the first, and if the speed of the third wheel was 1/π of the speed of the first, the initial line-up would never recur."

"Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?"

"I do not know beneath what sky Nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great."

"East, to the dawn, or west or south or north! Loose rein upon the neck of—and forth!"

"Sæpius ventis agitatur ingens Pinus, et celsæ graviore casu Decidunt terres feriuntque summos Fulgura montes."

"With equal pace, impartial Fate Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate."

"And not a man appears to tell their fate."

"Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below."

"Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe The fate of many."

"ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων"

"'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, "Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!""

"Why doth IT so and so, and ever so, This viewless, voiceless Turner of the Wheel?"

"Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip."

"Yet, ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise."

"Each curs'd his fate that thus their project cross'd; How hard their lot who neither won nor lost."

"Der Mensch erfährt, er sei auch wer er mag, Ein letztes Glück und einen letzten Tag."

"Du musst (herrschen und gewinnen, Oder dienen und verlieren, Leiden oder triumphiren), Amboss oder Hammer sein."

"One common fate we both must prove; You die with envy, I with love."

"On est, quand on veut, maître de son sort."

"Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd, Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst."

"'Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings Of kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings."

"All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey."

"Tolluntur in altum Ut lapsu graviore ruant."

"Le vin est versé, il faut le boire."

"To bear is to conquer our fate."

"Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate."

"Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then, should we desire to be deceived?"

"Yet who shall shut out Fate?"

"The bow is bent, the arrow flies, The wingéd shaft of fate."

"GaeS a wyrd swa hio scel."

"Wyrd bið ful aræd."

"The Oracle: You're going to have to make a choice. In the one hand you'll have Morpheus' life and in the other hand you'll have your own. One of you is going to die. Which one will be up to you. I'm sorry, kiddo, I really am. You have a good soul, and I hate giving good people bad news. Oh, don't worry about it. As soon as you step outside that door, you'll start feeling better. You'll remember you don't believe in any of this fate crap. You're in control of your own life, remember? Here, take a cookie. I promise, by the time you're done eating it, you'll feel right as rain."

"Vivite felices, quibus est fortuna peracta Jam sua: nos alia ex aliis in fata vocamur."

"Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis."

"Human effort can be used for self-betterment and that there is no such thing as an external fate imposed by the gods."

"Fate is a wet bank; it can make one slip."

"A pig which was about to be slaughtered by the pig-butcher squealed. (The butcher said:) "Your ancestors and forebears walked this road, and now you too are walking it, so why are you squealing?""

"Fate is a raging storm blowing over the Land."

"Fate is a dog, well able to bite."

"Let me tell you about my fate: it is an insult. Let me explain it to you: it is a disgrace. Were I to tell my neighbour about my fate, he would heap insults upon me. I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past. I was born on an ill-fated day."