To feel lost, to imagine oneself nothing, to feel homeless, or to feel powerless at the hands of Fortune robs a person of peace.

Throughout the Middle Ages artists and poets allude often to the goddess Fortuna or the Wheel of Fortune—the ever changing nature of human events that affect all human beings. This ...

According to proverbial wisdom, “When you do succeed, the chances are that you were not trying too hard in the first place.” This observation appears to contradict the idea of ...