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title: Amor Fati
created: 2025-10-24T06:10:00
modified: 2025-10-24T06:10:00
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> _“Do not seek for things to happen as you wish, but wish for things to happen as they do happen, and your life will flow well.” — Epictetus_

> _“My formula for greatness in a human being is Amor Fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it…but love it.” — Friedrich Nietzsche_

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It’s a Latin phrase that translates to “love of (one’s) fate.”

It’s a daily reminder that peace, happiness, and fulfillment _aren’t found in resisting the river, but in flowing with it._

It’s the idea and practice of embracing everything that life throws at you—the good and the bad, the calm and [the chaos](life-is-chaotic.md).

**Embrace what lies beyond your control—and [act on that which is within it.](control-the-controllable.md)**