“even if we can’t change the big picture, our choices can alter the details. That’s how we rebel against destiny”

Part 2: Metaphysical Rebellion
The Rebel (1951)
Context: The ancients, even though they believed in destiny, believed primarily in nature, in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against nature amounted to rebelling against oneself. It was butting one's head against a wall.

Source: Infinity

"A Prospect of Europe", 1997 speech at the University of New South Wales.

Source: Blue Moon

Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Speech in Warren, Michigan (August 11, 2016)

Source: The Selfish Gene

Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 63

Ibid., p. 68
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Assim como lavamos o corpo devíamos lavar o destino, mudar de vida como mudamos de roupa.