accept realities if you are genuinely wise

 

अनागतं यन्न ममेति विद्यादतिक्रान्तं यन्न ममेति विद्यात्।

दिष्टं बलीय इति मन्यमानास्ते पण्डितास्तत्सदां स्थानमाहुः॥

महाभारते शान्तिपर्वे १०४-२२

anāgataṁ yanna mameti vidyādatikrāntaṁ yanna mameti vidyāt|

diṣṭaṁ balīya iti manyamānāste paṇḍitāstatsadāṁ sthānamāhuḥ||

mahābhārate śāntiparve 104-22

If one is realistic enough to accept that what has not happened, what has not been attained is not his

If one is sufficiently matter of fact in his realization that whatever that has happened is not in his control

and

If he realized that the facts and circumstances and serenditpity as it is obtaining in the immediate present is the decisive and powerful motive force in life

Then he is the really learned person

And he would definitely occupy a very respectable place in the array of good and sensible persons.

From Mahabharatham.