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A Destiny Controlled by Thought
Title: A Destiny Controlled by Thought
Category: Literature / Creative Writing
Details: Words: 345 | Pages: 1.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Destiny Controlled by Thought
The transcendental quote that I have selected is from Walden written by Henry Thoreau. He states: "What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate." I believe Thoreau was trying to say that if you control your thoughts then you also control your destiny; your opinion of yourself creates the long pathway to your destiny. Thoreau is making the effort to tell society that nobody has a preset …showed first 75 words of 345 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 345 total…to be extremely successful and widely known; society has benefited from his positive attitude. On the other hand, Michael Jackson has always been self weary of his looks and has rarely thought positively of his visual appearance; this has created an irreversible fate of changing his skin color and many more facial features. Many in society have ridiculed this behavior. In conclusion, Thoreau's famous quote of thought controlled destiny is still relevant in today's society.
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