A Quote by Epictetus

Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.

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Epictetus
Greek - Philosopher
50 - 138

If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".

Andre Maurois

Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.

Epictetus

Surreal fiction is a sophisticated art form. Events happen divorced from conventional logic, as events in a dream may happen. But unlike dreams, everything in the story contributes to an overall coherent point, impression or emotion.

Nancy Kress

Four experts had an appointment with an ordinary man. They needed him to ratify their findings, or anything they achieved would be meaningless. As they drove to meet him, they knocked down a man on the road. He was dying. If they tried to save him, they might miss their appointment. They decided that their appointment, which concerned all of us, was more important than the life of one man. They drove on to keep their appointment. They did not know that the man they were to meet was the man they had left to die.

William McIlvanney

I let one thing result from another. Of course, all of it could have been just loosely connected coincidences. And whether that's true or not, I know the intention was there. Becasue when I want something to happen-or not happen- I begin to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid.

Amy Tan

Miracles are merely events that happen just when they are needed.

David Gemmell

Events do not happen; they are just there, and we come across them.

Arthur Eddington

The most important appointment Pope Francis has made is the appointment of the Australian cardinal, George Pell, as the Vatican's financial overseer.

George Weigel

Paranormal events are just edges of the infinite we 'happen' to encounter.

C. Douglas Dillon

Abolition didn't just happen - people made it happen. Women's suffrage didn't just happen - people made it happen. Civil Rights legislation didn't just happen - people made it happen. And marriage equality didn't just happen, either - people made it happen.

Marianne Williamson

Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

Epictetus

[Learn] to slow down and perceive the mysterious events and opportunities that happen in life. We call them coincidences, but if we look closely we see they are meaningful. They bring us just the right information at just the right time to extend our careers, relationships, and growth. These events feel destined in some way, as though the world is set up to help us make a better life, work through our problems, and reach our dreams - if we just pay attention.

James Redfield

They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.

Larry King

Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen.

David Frum

You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

Nhat Hanh

History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, [...] The generator of historical events is different from the events themselves, much as the minds of the gods cannot be read just by witnessing their deeds.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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