(phrase apocryphally attributed to
Gandhi) , meaning 'you can't go back in time and correct the mistakes you have made; if you have made a mistake in the past you have no
choice but live with the consequences and
move forward.
son: I didn't get the grades in
math, chemistry and physics that i wanted. Now the MIT won't accept me. Is there anything I can do?
father: no. there is nothing you can do. All you can do however, is learn by
heart, and apply to your future, Gandhi's famous phrase 'you write you write your life in indelible ink'. What you can do is go study history or some other social science discipline at Columbia University