I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
This re-appearance of the doctrine of freewill serves to support that of the pretension of the natural man to be not irremediably… — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
Everybody acts as if they have free will. They act as if they can make these decisions; do they know they don't?… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
With free will, we can modify, to a certain extent the chain of karma that has been set in motion by the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don't suppose… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
The important thing to realize is that while we may not escape our own basic pattern, we can work in harmony with… — Swami Yogananda Copy Share Image
“And sincerely we're seeing When 'sinternally' seeking In a manner of speaking There, in the eve of Eden Wreaked a sea that… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The single word that directs a person’s fate and ultimately the fates of those she comes in contact with is of course… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majors--psychology, sociology, women's studies--to prove that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Since man always remains free and since his freedom is always fragile, the kingdom of good will never be definitively established in… — Pope Benedict XVI 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
“Zombies are familiar characters in philosophical thought experiments. They are like people in every way except they have no internal experience… If… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
“Mastema prefers absolutes. He wants fences on the world and everything in its place, neat and tidy as a churchyard garden. God… — Kirby Crow Copy Share Image
Prison life taught him how little one can get along with, and what extraordinary spiritual freedom and peace such simplification can bring.… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions. But it does so in… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is free will. Even though it's free, we don't take advantage of… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
To me life means the growing of a soul. I do not know why this duty is imposed upon us. I merely… — Alice Foote MacDougall 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
Free will I have often heard of, but I have never seen it. I have always met with will, and plenty of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Free will? Either you follow the word of God, or you'll be punished with eternal hellfire. That's the same kind of "choice"… — Oliver Gaspirtz Copy Share Image
Man is nothing; he hath a free will to go to hell, but none to go to heaven, till God worketh in… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
Where are there are two desires in a man's heart he has no choice between the two but must obey the strongest,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while… — The Adjustment Bureau Copy Share Image
It is proved out of the holy scriptures that an unregenerate man is altogether destitute of the power and liberty of his… — Peter du Moulin Copy Share Image
You don't have to stop thinking and asking questions to believe in God, child. If He'd wanted a flock of eight billion… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
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
The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37… — Francis Turretin Copy Share Image
In our current understanding of science, we can't find the physical gap in which to slip free will - the uncaused causer… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Free will does not enable any man to perform good works, unless he is assisted by grace; indeed, the special grace which… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“Original sin and conscious awareness of human fallibility is the perpetual agent of transformation in human affairs. Humankind’s behavior is pathological; it… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really… — Suzy Kassem 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
How much more easier can it get; when you just have to listen to others and take orders.How easy is to control… — Jomon Johny Copy Share Image
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“Oh, you knew that your deed would be preserved in books, would reach tghe depths of the ages and the utmost limits… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image