Fate Vs Destiny Quotes

Helen slowly became aware of an unnerving red light. She lifted her head and looked around. The glow bounced off the cold stone walls and intensified quickly. It filled her with thoughts of despair and hopelessness. She tried to shake them off. You have what’s mine! Where is it? I want it! Helen shuddered violently. She recalled the inner voice that urged her to use the stone to keep Prince Harnak from dying. That voice was comforting and encouraging. This voice was oppressive and angry and beat on her relentlessly. “No!” she muttered. “Go away. I have nothing for you or anyone else, not even me.” The red light flickered out. Only the numbing cold and her utter isolation, cheerless companions, remained.

When I was a child, I thought like a child. When I became adult, I seek a deeper understanding of life.

Kind people always seem to suffer the most.

like Steinbeck, by the subtle differences in meaning words can have, in this case the Hebrew word Timshel, which, while thought to have meant thou shall, when retranslated in Steinbeck’s novel by Chinese scholars comes to mean thou mayest. In that slight difference—destiny vs. free will—exists the fate of all mankind.