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Opponents say natural selection is not a theory supported by observation or experiment; that it is not based on fact; and that it cannot be… — David Attenborough
"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism still exists, because… — Mao Zedong
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the… — Alexander Fraser Tytler
They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a… — Christy Mathewson
That the enthusiasm which characterizes youth should lift its parricide hands against freedom and science would be such a monstrous phenomenon as I cannot place… — Thomas Jefferson
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In order to dominate the soul you must also learn to dominate the body. And in order to dominate the body you cannot fear pain. — Paulo Coelho
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. — Abraham Lincoln
The metaphysical doctrine of determinism simply asserts that all events in this world are fixed, or unalterable, or predetermined. It does not assert that they… — Karl Popper
A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Free-will cannot will good and of necessity serves sin. — John Calvin
Free-will doctrine-what does it? It magnifies man into God. It declares God's purposes a nullity, since they cannot be carried out unless men are willing.… — Charles Spurgeon
His will cannot be neutral or 'free' to act contrary to his nature. — Charles Spurgeon
if the will is their servant then it is not sovereign, and if the will is not sovereign, we certainly cannot predicate 'freedom' of it. — Arthur W. Pink
I do not believe in free will. Schopenhauer's words: 'Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills,' accompany me in… — Albert Einstein
I agree with your remark about loving your enemy as far as actions are concerned. But for me the cognitive basis is the trust in… — Albert Einstein
When a man acts in ways that annoy us we wish to think him wicked, and we refuse to face the fact that his annoying… — Bertrand Russell
But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future. Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied… — Wallace D. Wattles
I cannot face with comfort the idea of life without work; work and the free play of the imagination are for me the same thing,… — Sigmund Freud

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