Free Will Quotes

428 Free Will quotes by 307 unique authors

It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our own virtue but… — John Cassian
No just man suffices unto himself for the winning of justification. The divine mercy must always hold out a hand to his footsteps as they… — John Cassian
...reasonable natures have free will, and can turn to the good or the bad voluntarily by themselves. They either attach themselves to God's will, which… — Gregory Palamas
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… — Christopher Hitchens
The free will is a pagan goddess that the Church has worshipped for far too long. — Steve Lawson
If the concept of consciousness were to fall to science, what would happen to our sense of moral agency and free will? If conscious experience… — Daniel Dennett
You are the Creator of your reality... you were granted this ability. You have free will... you are an unlimited aspect, a portion of God...… — Darryl Anka
I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into… — Eric Hoffer
Scientific societies are as yet in their infancy. It is to be expected that advances in physiology and psychology will give governments much more control… — Bertrand Russell
All I asked was that I be spared surprises, although, in this world of six billion souls, all acting with free will and too many… — Dean Koontz
Free will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events. — Robert A. Heinlein
In this life, y'ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They're challenges to your soul. We repeat them… — Brad Meltzer
I, Kim Heechul, was born to successfully make women fall in love with me. It's not my fault. It's not of my own free will.… — Kim Heechul
We are conscious co-creators in the evolution of life. We have free will. And we have choices. Consequently our success is based on our choices,… — Bruce H. Lipton
You are not bound. You have got free will. You cannot change the experiences, the results of Prarabdha but you can change your future by… — Sivananda
There cannot be two absolutely free beings in the universe, for sooner or later two completely free wills must collide. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Life starts out as partly destiny and partly free will, but then you have kids, and it's all destiny. — Robert Breault
Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be… — Seneca the Younger
Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit. — John Milton
The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly optimistic assumption so… — John Fowles
Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as… — Louis Sullivan
Well, one thing for sure, I won't be remembered for 'Free Willy.' Or maybe I will. — Michael Madsen
Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and as… — John Banville
Prison life taught him how little one can get along with, and what extraordinary spiritual freedom and peace such simplification can bring. I remember again,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will develop new urges,… — Rene Dubos

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