I'm just being selfish… I'm here on my own free will... I used to always cry and give up... I nearly went… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
The inward persuasion that we are free to do, or not to do a thing, is but a mere illusion. If we… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
William Graebner's brilliant analysis of America's struggles over the meaning of Patty Hearst gives us not only new perspectives on the 1970s,… — Beth Bailey Copy Share Image
God never gives up on us no matter how hard we try to get ourselves loose. God does not let go. That… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Given for one instant an intelligence which could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated and the respective positions of… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
“I think my dad was so fascinated by this idea because he realized on some fundamental level that he was not in… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Man’s life is a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog. He had tried… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“May there not be some subconscious jealousy that motivates our reactions to other people? Why do we eat chocolate sundaes when we… — Gordon H. Clark Copy Share Image
“Finally, I had held up examples of Goldhagen's inflammatory language and suggested that he had missed the essence of what Primo Levi… — Erna Paris Copy Share Image
I believe that we have free will. I believe we get the chance to make choices in our lives. Not everything is… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I do not come into this pulpit hoping that perhaps somebody will of his own free will return to Christ. My hope… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ALL FORCES WITHIN NATURE ARE ESSENTIALLY NEUTRAL. THEY MANIFEST EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY DEPENDING UPON THE INTENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS… — Théun Mares Copy Share Image
“Please understand something. God didn’t create evil in the world, but He did create free will, which allowed for the possibility of… — Dee Henderson Copy Share Image
In one day I had altered my life; my life, therefore, was alterable. This simple axiom did not call out for exegesis;… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
“God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
But if fate won’t be denied...if it’s set, how could there be infinite possibilities? (Kat) Only certain aspects are fated. The outcome… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“But recently I have learned from discussions with a variety of scientists and other non-philosophers (e.g., the scientists participating with me in… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“...if there really is some day discovered a formula for all our desires and caprices - that is, an explanation of what… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
Consciousness is a pitiful hostage of its flesh-envelope, whose surges, circuits, and secret murmurings it cannot stay or speed. This is the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
When a man acts in ways that annoy us we wish to think him wicked, and we refuse to face the fact… — Bertrand Russell 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
For when you see that the universe cannot be distinguished from how you act upon it, there is neither fate nor free… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Evil was necessary because without it free will was impossible, and without free will there could be no growth—no forward movement, no… — Eben Alexander 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
The government will take from the 'haves' and give to the 'have nots.' Both have lost their freedom. Those who 'have', lost… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
I remember him as young and restless. Slightly wild and free. The woods were his escape, his sanctuary. Thats where we would… — Jade Copy Share Image
Isn't it a riddle . . . and awe-inspiring, that everything is so beautiful? Despite the horror. Lately I've noticed something grand… — Sophie Scholl Copy Share Image
Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... human free will implies God's prior decision not to tamper with the metaphysical base of that free will. It also implies… — Don Richardson Copy Share Image
Dear Sir, poor sir, brave sir." he read, "You are an experiment by the Creator of the Universe. You are the only… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think if there were to be a solution to the problem of free will, it would have to be a compatibilist… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“The whole struggle was over, and yet there seemed to have been no moment of victory. You might say, if you liked,… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It's true that there's no such thing as free will. We can't help what we are or what we do. It's not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to… — Percy Williams Bridgman Copy Share Image
