“(…) All you can do is to grasp the central point, that reality is not an event and does not happen and whatever happens, whatever comes and goes, is not reality. (…).”

“Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can.”

Hugh Laurie book The Gun Seller

“Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality.”

Jacque Fresco (1916–2017) American futurist and self-described social engineer

“Whatever is destined not to happen will not happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may to prevent it. This is certain. The best course, therefore, is to remain silent.”

Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) Indian religious leader

“Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.”

Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

“Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

“Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be, like the reality of yesterday, an illusion tomorrow.”

Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate

“Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

“So - whatever happened to you?'
'Life. Life happened.”

David Nicholls book One Day

“Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.”

Zhuangzi (-369–-286 BC) classic Chinese philosopher