Destiny/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words destiny and/or philosophy:

“Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.”
—R.D. (Ronald David)

“It is not easy to make our lives respectable by any course of activity. We must repeatedly withdraw into our shells of thought, like the tortoise, somewhat helplessly; yet there is more than philosophy in that.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)