I do give them to you," he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on… — Hilari Bell Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to exercise free will as long as we are operating from within the system. Free will requires consciousness, and… — Melanie Joy Copy Share Image
When people talk of atoms obeying fixed laws, they are either ascribing some kind of intelligence and free will to atoms or… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Man has 2 common problems with God: the one is that there is evil in the world; the other is that free… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Gravity works in your life, the notion of free will works in your life, however problematic it may at times be. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause of… — Pierre Simon de Laplace Copy Share Image
Shakespeare said: "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." Everything happens perfectly. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
i realize that the future, though invisible, has weight. We are in the gravitational pull of past and future. It takes huge… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
That's me," he said, motioning to the robot. "That's all of us. We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response...mechanical… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“My method is atheism. I find the atheistic outlook provides a favourable background for cosmopolitan practices. Acceptance of atheism at once pulls… — Gora Copy Share Image
“Wheels have been set in motion, and they have their own pace, to which we are...condemned. Each move is dictated by the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“...if in the heat of the dispute he insists and asks, 'Am I not the master of throwing myself out of the… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
“Not accomplishing your Life Plan is a tragic act of free will. It is akin to charting an elaborate vacation itinerary before… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“If the individual realizes his self by spontaneous activity and thus relates himself to the world, he ceases to be an isolated… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations,… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“The Creator puts life into motion, and doesn’t just sit around all day moving each and every piece this way and that… — Sean Patrick Brennan Copy Share Image
Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Time is the very lens through which ye see—small and clear, as men see through the wrong end of a telescope—something that… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's… — Sean Covey Copy Share Image