Noun
The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living. Jean de La Fontaine
Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. Karl Liebknecht
It is necessary that the weakness of the powerless is transformed into a force capable of announcing justice. For this to happen, a total denouncement of fatalism is necessary. We are transformative beings and not beings for accommodation. Paulo Freire
Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable. Natalie Clifford Barney
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. Charles de Gaulle
Timorous persons have raised the cry of fatalism. Adolphe Quetelet