(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