The destiny of man – is self-knowledge and self-education. And no need to refer to adverse conditions. Gorky said that man creates himself, not because but in spite of circumstances. And proved the validity of his fate. Marx pointed out that if people live in adverse circumstances, he is the man to make these circumstances human. Then, in the process of converting an imperfect world, people at the same time transform and improve themselves.
If a person, people, society set themselves lofty goals and strive for their implementation, there Antiquity and the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment, the great social revolution in England, France and Russia, the industrial revolution and scientific and technological revolution, the path in space and restructuring. Every great epoch were taken out for an arena of great men: Homer and Shakespeare, Robespierre and Washington, dc, Marx, and Goethe, Einstein and Lenin. Make your time, its era of great – it's right and duty of great nations, each of the people living on Earth. Then life itself does not allow people to be petty and vile, to enable them to transcend over itself and destiny. In all the past generations had such an opportunity. And they did their best to live a dignified life.