Association Quote by Joseph Priestley

“The will is conceived as a faculty of determining oneself to action in accordance with the conception of certain laws. And such a faculty…

— Immanuel Kant

A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will…

— Morris Raphael Cohen

Will gives us the ability to take an idea hold that idea and zero right in on something

— Bob Proctor

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that.

— Evelyn Underhill

“I think that I have anticipated my answer to the third objection, namely, that the will is something universal which is predicated of all…

— Baruch Spinoza

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, & intellect & feeling are only important in so far as they contribute to that.

— Evelyn Underhill

“The will is the keystone in the arch of human achievement. It is the culmination of our complex mental faculties. It is the power…

— Thomas Parker Boyd

The acquisition of will, for one thing exclusively, presupposes entire acquaintance with many others.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

It is not enough to render things equal to the will, that they are equal or alike in themselves.

— Anthony Collins

“We can't impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us, and discover how its properties and our…

— Donella H. Meadows

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

— Samuel Johnson

“Thomas Merton who said: “The will of God is not a ‘fate’ to which we must submit, but a creative act in our life…

— Richard Rohr