命运
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
"Russia's destiny is written in the faces of its peasants."
A nation's destiny is in its own hands.
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.
Institutional discrimination shapes destinies more than individual effort.