The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“We have choice,” she insisted. “This is it. We don’t get to choose our choices, Gwain, we just get to make the… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
If the concept of consciousness were to fall to science, what would happen to our sense of moral agency and free will?… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Similarly, knowledge of the future was incompatible with free will. What made it possible for me to exercise freedom of choice also… — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
We can conceive of a world in which God corrected the results of abuse of free will by His creatures: so that… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
To be entirely free, and at the same time entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I shall decide what I do. If you say my work is fighting, or healing, or exploring, or whatever you say, I'll… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Aren’t you at all curious about your past?” Rhys asked. “No, my present is who I am. Your identity is whoever you… — Jeffrey Perren Copy Share Image
The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
God created the law of free will, and God created the law of cause and effect. And he himself will not violate… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Anything that comes your way by force was not meant for you. Everything that locates you on it's own was yours and… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Free yourself from the limitations and expectations of age. You can set a world record at any age be intrigued, be inspired. — Kishore Bansal Copy Share Image
The conundrum of free will and destiny has always kept me dangling. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The problem of vindicating an omnipotent and omniscient God in the face of evil is insurmountable. Those who claim to have surmounted… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our power to act, it is also… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“ Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. Man can do what he wills… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image