Human character is never found "to enter into its glory," except through the ordeal of affliction. Its force cannot come forth without… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the term 'free will' is one of the most manipulated and exploited terms. The real explanation of… — Torkom Saraydarian Copy Share Image
“And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share Image
The only way God could impose peace on the world would be to robotize our wills and rob every human being of… — John Haggai Copy Share Image
If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings," said the Tralfamadorian, "I wouldn’t have any idea what was meant by 'free… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was trying to decide if you still had free will as a wolf. If I was a terrible person for planning… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“We are built to desire free will and to choose our own destiny. It's not about being right or wrong; it's about… — DeiAmor Verus Copy Share Image
“Kidnap me and take me away. Throw me across the back of your bike and show me what it feels like to… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
Satyagraha means insistence on what one knows to be the truth. The insistence implies the exercise of free will as the need… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
“Although her disobedience is tragic, Eve’s innocence is not all bad. Certainly, that innocfence leads her to make a poor choice -… — Robert Rowland Smith Copy Share Image
Friedrich Hayek made the point that one of the keystones of socialism is the denial of individual responsibility. Thus, the crusade for… — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
If you do not assume the law of non-contradiction, you have nothing to argue about. If you do not assume the principles… — William J. Murray Copy Share Image
I think we have a free will, and at the same moment we don't. We have to live with that. It doesn't… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“Original sin is a self-initiating act because it evidences human free will. If humanity were devoid of free will, it would relegate… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Whether or not we have personality disturbances, whether or not we have the ability to overcome deficiencies of early environment, is like… — John Hospers 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
Never forget that we are more than the genetic code. We can be more than labels applied to us. We can be… — Sophie Jordan Copy Share Image
And if you believe that we really have free will, then you know that God can't really control us. And since God… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Free will is something that people struggle with so much, but it's very simple to me. Carl Jung said at the same… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Kant thinks that a free will is a will under moral laws and that freedom and the moral law are distinct thoughts… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“Materialism doesn't matter I love you, let's live for laughter Make a maneuver Avoid being apart of consumerism consuming consumers Just be… — Andrew Edward Lucier Copy Share Image
“Man holds dominion and was given free will but the irony is that he must learn to surrender his will --- as… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps the exertion, but the result of divine action; for… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music,… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
So if reality is all a spell, and you don't really want what you think you want... If you have no free… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Easy to keep faith. God is good. Only one mistake he made. Free will, therefore can't intervene unless we ask, but gospels… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
The same way a compact disk isn't responsible for what's recorded on it, that's how we are. You're about as free to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“The idea of original sin--of guilt with no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives--inherently militates against self-esteem. The very… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
In this life, y'ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They're challenges to your soul.… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“If I knew then what I know now I guess it'd make no difference; Fate's sure in the way somehow. What's important… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
You are the Creator of your reality... you were granted this ability. You have free will... you are an unlimited aspect, a… — Darryl Anka Copy Share Image
“Believe it or not, the notions of free will and destiny are not mutually exclusive. Predestination is the universal framework of limits… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“This doctrine of total inability which declares that men are dead in sin does not mean that all men are equally bad,… — Loraine Boettner Copy Share Image
