Free Will Quotes

428 Free Will quotes by 307 unique authors

Life is a compromise between fate and free will. — Elbert Hubbard
Free will is the ability to do gladly that which I must do. — Carl Jung
To be entirely free, and at the same time entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life. — Oscar Wilde
The individual man, in introspecting the fact of his own consciousness, also discovers the primordial natural fact of his freedom: his freedom to choose, his… — Murray Rothbard
My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will. — William James
Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in… — George MacDonald
But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most contentious… — David Hume
An angel is an intelligent essence, always in motion. It has free will, is incorporeal, serves God, and has been bestowed with immortality. Only the… — John of Damascus
Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical. — Winston Churchill
The goal of the Creator is for each entity to make a conscious choice to again seek Oneness, out of our own free will -… — David Wilcock
The intuition of free will gives us the truth. — Corliss Lamont
Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes… — Dean Cain
I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will,… — Raymond Smullyan
Free will means that you have the choice to connect to spirit... or not. — Wayne Dyer
The important thing to realize is that while we may not escape our own basic pattern, we can work in harmony with it. That is… — Unknown Author
This doctrine, that of the ghost in the machine, strictly separates the mind or soul from the body. And by doing so it takes the… — Simon Blackburn
The man who partakes in the breaking of the bread dares to build his house on the very core of love. He becomes, as it… — Francois Mauriac
The adoption of the required attitude of mind towards ideas that seem to emerge "of their own free will" and the abandonment of the critical… — Sigmund Freud
Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a free agent, and knows no… — Mahatma Gandhi
Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of this Christian order… — Sean O'Casey
Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to understand, and also… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable… — Pio of Pietrelcina
I was angry at God until I came to understand that it isn't God's fault when people mistreat me. I still have my doubts at… — Jennifer Hudson
Evil exists because of the disobedience of Satan. God gave Satan, and the angels, and man free will. Satan used his free will and abused… — Stephen Colbert
Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do others, the rest… — David McCullough

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