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“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
Pablo Picasso
“Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.”
Mark Twain
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”
William A. Foster
“Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.”
“Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.”
Augustine of Hippo
“In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.”
William S. Burroughs
“Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - Ah! there is the sting of life.”
Oscar Wilde
“He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims”
Morris Cohen
