“Facebook would never put it this way, but algorithms are meant to erode free will, to relieve humans of the burden of… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“There may be some truth (atheists) do not need to believe in a god to be good, but then if they do… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Fatalism, whose solving word in all crises of behavior is All striving is vain, will never reign supreme, for the impulse to… — William James Copy Share Image
The individual man, in introspecting the fact of his own consciousness, also discovers the primordial natural fact of his freedom: his freedom… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
If we have free will, by definition we cannot be granted it. We can't be given it. My [-audio-recording-distorted-] paradox states that… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To say that a man is sinful because he sins is to give an operational definition of sin. To say that he… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
No one else can want for me. No one can substitute his act of will for mine. It does sometimes happen that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“As Lynn writes: "What angers me is the loss of control. At any moment someone could come to me, be dressed the… — Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
“Many scientists have tried to make determinism and complementarity the basis of conclusions that seem to me weak and dangerous; for instance,… — Louis de Broglie Copy Share Image
The goal of the Creator is for each entity to make a conscious choice to again seek Oneness, out of our own… — David Wilcock Copy Share Image
Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and how to… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
In this state [man's fallen condition], the Free Will of man toward the True God is not only wounded, maimed, infirm, bent,… — Jacobus Arminius Copy Share Image
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didnt see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“The will has no overall purpose, aims at no highest good, and can never be satisfied. Although it is our essence, it… — Christopher Janaway Copy Share Image
We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses--one foot is on the horse called "fate," the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I tell you that man has no more tormenting care than to find someone to whom he can hand over as quickly… — Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov Copy Share Image
“[Pertaining to The Law of Free Will and Karma]: Disputing traditional cause and effect karmic doctrine, Kuan Yin maintains that it is… — Hope Bradford Copy Share Image
The same thing can be both good and bad. Whenever you speak of good, bad is also present. The world is a… — Swami Satchidananda Copy Share Image
“if you truly want to know why I'm helping you, you won't get any easy answers. It's not because I believe in… — Autumn Christian Copy Share Image
I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I should . . . prefer swallowing one incomprehensibility rather than two. It requires one effort only to admit the single incomprehensibility… — Thomas Jefferson 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
The choices we’re working with here are a block universe, where past, present and future all coexist simultaneously and everything has already… — Audrey Niffenegger 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
The metaphysical doctrine of determinism simply asserts that all events in this world are fixed, or unalterable, or predetermined. It does not… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“Given his emphasis on human freedom it is no wonder why some champion Kierkegaard as the father of existentialism, a philosophy that… — Mark A. Tietjen Copy Share Image
“Take the Holocaust for example: Why did God allow Hitler to kill millions of innocent Jews? Because God didn't want to step… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
“Because of Jesus’ supposed predestination, God would have had to choose the people who would kill and betray his son, choose the… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
“Having placed himself on the level of the world for humans to choose between, God nevertheless stipulates that a choice must be… — Mark A. Tietjen Copy Share Image
Hence, at the moment of the creation of the universe, God could also have activated evolution, with full knowledge of how it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The answer to the question raised in the title of this essay - Is salvation a matter of divine determination or human… — Layton Talbert 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
“Remember that the choices you make, and the reasons you make them, shape your destiny. Remember your free will...And remember, what the… — Derek Donais 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
If you don't ask for their help, your angels still are with you and continuously sending you pure, unconditional love. If there's… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
![“If we have free will, by definition we cannot be granted it. We can't be given it. My [-audio-recording-distorted-] paradox states that 'Of course we have free will, we have no choice.' To say that it's a gift is to negate the whole concept of free will on its face. So, if that isn't self-evident…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/christopher-hitchens-117_audio_if-we-have-free-will-by-definition-we-ca_2644187.jpg)
![“In this state [man's fallen condition], the Free Will of man toward the True God is not only wounded, maimed, infirm, bent, and weakened; but it is also imprisoned, destroyed and lost. And its powers are not only debilitated and useless unless they be assisted by grace, but it has no powers…” quote by Jacobus Arminius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/jacobus-arminius-59038_bent_in-this-state-man-s-fallen-condition-the_1610625.png)
![“[Pertaining to The Law of Free Will and Karma]: Disputing traditional cause and effect karmic doctrine, Kuan Yin maintains that it is the accumulated beliefs from parallel realities creating “made-up stories” about oneself and, thus, reality. Because of this quantum factor, we have absolute Free…” quote by Hope Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/hope-bradford-25460_cause-and-effect_pertaining-to-the-law-of-free-will-and-k_2810680.jpg)
