Noun
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit
Source: WordNetThy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Certainly inside my heart I know degrees of difference. But I can't blame any of these men who share a common fate with me. The big folly of this trial is that it lacks the two men who are to blame for anything which is criminal, namely Hitler and Himmler. Karl Dönitz
Be still, sad heart and cease repining Behind the clouds is the sun still shining Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived; and as I can do neither good nor evil, I must be borne away by others and meet the common fate. John Adams
Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today. Leonid Brezhnev
The defining challenge of the 21st century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet. Jeffrey D. Sachs