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Free will16 quotes
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. — Karl Marx · 1852Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings. — William Shakespeare · 1599The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist. — Fernando Pessoa · 1914The greatest gift which God in His bounty
Bestowed in creating,
And the most conformed to His own goodness
And that which He most prizes, was the freedom of the will,
With which the creatures that have intelligence,
They all and they alone, were and are endowed. — Dante Alighieri · 1321It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58All 16 quotes →Fate4 quotes
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings. — William Shakespeare · 1599Whatever befalls you was prepared for you beforehand from eternity, and the thread of causes was spinning from everlasting both your existence and this which befalls you. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven. — William Shakespeare · 1616There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them how we will. — William Shakespeare · 1616Determinism3 quotes
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532Genetic predispositions are only that: predispositions. It’s not a destiny written in stone. People have choices. — Dr. Jennifer Melfi · 1999Free will and determinism... Are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism. The way you play your hand represents free will. — Norman Cousins · 1951Decisions and choices2 quotes
Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. — Karl Marx · 1852Goodness is chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. — Prison Governor · 1971Effects of the past2 quotes
Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. — Karl Marx · 1852Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a point when choice was any more than sum of all the choices gone before? — Joan Didion · 1963Fate vs. free will2 quotes
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings. — William Shakespeare · 1599The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist. — Fernando Pessoa · 1914Free will vs. determinism2 quotes
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532Genetic predispositions are only that: predispositions. It’s not a destiny written in stone. People have choices. — Dr. Jennifer Melfi · 1999God and man1 quote
The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist. — Fernando Pessoa · 1914God's will1 quote
For man proposes, but God disposes. — Thomas a Kempis · 1427Human nature1 quote
Goodness is chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. — Prison Governor · 1971Inner strength1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58Locus of control1 quote
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven. — William Shakespeare · 1616Making plans1 quote
For man proposes, but God disposes. — Thomas a Kempis · 1427Nature of man1 quote
"You", your joys and your sorrows, your memories and ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules. — Francis Crick · 1994Overcoming adversity1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58Personal responsibility1 quote
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven. — William Shakespeare · 1616Randomness1 quote
What place can be left for random action, when God constraineth all things to order? — Boethius · 523Solving problems1 quote
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven. — William Shakespeare · 1616The mind1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58The soul1 quote
"You", your joys and your sorrows, your memories and ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules. — Francis Crick · 1994