Insight: The goal of amor fati is to love all that happens to us, for every situation, and make the best of it.
Insight: We cannot choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we feel about it: so we should choose to feel good, with every situation.
Insight: Opportunity lies in adversity: we can emerge stronger and empowered.
Principle: Love everything that happens.
Reference: Nietzsche: "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."
Reference: Friedrich Nietzsche: "My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past, not in all eternity. Not merely to endure that which happens of necessity... but to love it."
Insight: There is not much in life we can control.
Insight: Everything happens for a reason, it is up to us to glean the lesson.
Insight: A love of fate does not eliminate pain and failure, but the mindset can make it quicker to convert these into learning experiences and emerge stronger.
Principle: Accept and embrace pain, and failure. Learn and grow from these moments.
Definition: A love of fate.
Insight: It is easier to change opinion than to change the past.
Insight: To feel gratitude for everything that happens is a recipe for happiness and joy.
Insight: Hope and fear are projections about things we cannot control, and is against the principle of amor fati.
Reference:Epictetus: "Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will-then your life will flow well."
Principle: Accept the past.
Reference: Nietzsche coined the phrase amor fati: a love of fate.
Definition: Love of fate.
Reference: Nietzsche: "My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past, not in all eternity. Not merely to endure that which happens of necessity... but to love it.
Insight: The is much in life we cannot control, including death.
Principle: Continually view events as fateful, and glean the lessons.
Insight: Amor fati is beyond just accepting fate, it is about a better life through learning to love our fate.
Insight: Fate, and the challenges it poses is what makes us strong.
Reference:Epictetus: "Don't demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well."
Reference: Nietzsche: "My formula for what is great in mankind is amor fati: not to wish for anything other than that which is; whether behind, ahead, or for all eternity. Not just to put up with the inevitable - much less to hide it from oneself, for all idealism is lying to oneself in the face of the necessary - but to love it."
Definition: Love of fate.
Insight: Amor fati demands more of us that just acceptance of fate, but acceptance itself is an antidote for regret.
Reference: Nietzsche: "that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely to bear what is necessary, still less conceal it... but love it."
Definition: Love of fate.
Reference: Nietzsche: believed we must look beyond hope to love of one's fate.
Insight: Amor fati means the unconditional acceptance of all highs and lows of life including pain and suffering.
Insight: Amor fati means to close the gap between one's desires and reality, not striving for more desires, but desiring reality.
Principle: Hope for nothing.
Principle: Do not hope for better, be better.
Definition: Love of fate.
Reference:Epictetus: "Do not seek to have everything that happens happen as you wish, but wish for everything to happen as it actually does happen, and your life will be serene."
Reference: Montaigne: "If I had to live over again, I would live as I have lived."
Principle: Go with the flow and relinquish control of the process.
Insight: Montaigne considered amor fati as one of the answers to the question of how to live.
Insight: "My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past, not in all eternity. Not merely to endure that which happens of necessity, still less to dissemble it - all idealism is untruthfulness in the face of necessity - but to love it..."
Insight: Embracing amor fati can help you to embrace adversity, mistreatment, even health problems.
Reference: Seneca is the inspiration for Nietzsche to coin amor fati: to love fate.
Definition: Love of fate.
Insight: A core task of the wise is to distinguish what is within their power, and therefore what can be mastered; from what does not, which must be accepted gratefully.
Definition: Love of fate.
Principle: Embrace the world as it is and ourselves as we are.
IV. Summary of Key Insights & Principles
Personal Growth
Opportunity for growth lies in adversity.
Life will always have challenges, it is up to us to glean the lessons.
We cannot always choose what happens, but we can choose to take a different perspective.
A love of fate does not eliminate pain and failure, but can make it quicker for us to see through this to the learning opportunities.
Embrace challenges.
Work on quickly discovering lessons from adversity, and grow from them.
