Who said, "The road will be overpowered by the walking one"? According to one of the existing versions, this expression is taken from the Bible. However, this statement is not entirely true and correct, since in the sacred texts such a phrase does not exist. So who said "The road will be overpowered by the walking one"? AND What is the meaning of this wise utterance? We will try to understand everything in our article.
Where does the quote “Walking Overpowered” come from? Who said such words?
Where did this expression come from? The answer to this question interests many people. He is not in Dahl’s book for 1853 entitled “Proverbs of the Russian people”. However, there is information that this expression is an old phrase that came to us from the language of the ancient Romans: Viam supervadet vadens (adjacent to the statement "The road will be overpowered by the walking one"). Who said this phrase and how is it literally translated?
It is also believed that this quote was taken from the Latin language, but it appeared there from the Indian Rigveda (a collection of hymns in the Vedic language, which are among the 4 religious Hindu texts known as the Vedas). In the Indian Rig Veda, the statement came from ancient Russian literature. It turns out that this quote is an original Russian proverb.
The meaning of the statement
Some people wonder what the statement means and what secret meaning is hidden in it. The old adage “the road will be overpowered” expresses the main idea, the essence of which is that in order to overcome the obstacles that arise on the way, you must first act. Or you need to understand it so that the one who goes, sooner or later, but still find the right path for himself.
Under the road, as a rule, they mean continuous movement, an unconscious desire to move forward, the possibility of choice, as well as free knowledge of both the world around and oneself. The road is essentially life. It is also interesting in that you can travel the world using pre-laid routes on various roads.
The path is a philosophical parameter that is very similar to life, where there is an end and a goal (albeit an imaginary one). It makes no difference where someone came from, the main thing is where they are going. The road is a kind of endless struggle, it is a path paved by someone else, but personally discovered by everyone anew.
Who said "the road leads the conqueror"?
In addition to the well-known proverb, you can sometimes hear a similar, slightly modified expression. The question arises spontaneously - is this another expression or a slightly incorrect translation of the quote "the road will overpower the road"? Who said and what did this phrase mean?
This wise statement appeared due to the incorrect translation of the lines from the Rig Veda, as well as the main expression, which is discussed at the beginning of our article. An accurate translation from Latin into Russian sounds like "the road will be mastered by the walking one." However, as a rule, hymns and verses are not specifically (literally) translated.
According to another available theory, this statement was taken from the Bible and slightly interpreted. So, in the New Testament in the Gospel there is a famous phrase that has an adjacent meaning: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."