The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Inner feelings dictate our ultimate destiny as effectively as fate.
- In plain terms
- Your heart decides your fate.
- What can you take from it?
- Trust your inner feelings as guides for your life path.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you trust your heart over reason?
- Can feelings truly be fate?
Another view
Sometimes rational thought is needed over feelings.
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