Human freedom brings with it the burden of choice and of its consequences. As humankind is akin to claim for its own special privilege a certain unique destiny not afforded with equal measure to other...

We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.

We have to believe in free will, we have no other choice.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.

You can change the road you take, but sometimes it can bend back to lead you straight to that same stubborn fate.

You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom.

Human beings do not like being pushed about by gods. They may seem to, on the surface, but somewhere on the inside, underneath it all, they sense it, and they resent it.

War between free-will and predestination makes the idea of time travel is still too difficult to digest.

There is a distinct difference between Darkness and Satan. Darkness is silence, the void, Zen; nothingness. Satan was a pig-headed being who fought to get his way. Wake up! Don’t let him have his way...

So one must be resigned to being a clock that measures the passage of time, now out of order, now repaired, and whose mechanism generates despair and love as soon as its maker sets it...

There’s such a thing as free will, Tanner. You didn’t have to go along with me, unless you want to admit your brain is ruled by your dick. And I didn’t get the impression you...

I never needed the Society,” she says, “to Match me.” (-Lei)

Free will comes at a price. A price most of us do not know how to pay.

The man who can keep order can rule the world, but the man who can bear disorder is truly free.

Some say that to believe in destiny is to dismiss the role of free will. That self-determination cannot prevail in the presence of fate. When the truth is, the only part of destiny we can...

There is no greater moment in life than that when we discover the unique design which has shaped our lives from the moment of birth, save one:The instant we recognize destiny, accept it and then...

You make choices that are good and sound, but the gods have other plans for you.

God allows man to learn His supernatural ends, but the decision to strive towards an end, the choice of course, is left to man’s free will. God does not redeem man against his will.

Maybe none of us can choose who we love, Cas. None of the lucky ones, anyway. The only choice we have is how we serve that love. And Ethan’s made his choice. What about you?...

If you could decide on characters’ destinies it would be like going to the desk of a travel agent who says: “So where do you want to find the whale, in Samoa or in the...

Freedom that is not fought for, that is not gained by personal sacrifice is freedom that will never last, because in the heart of the one set free, it will have little value. A treasure...

You have a perfect right to consign us all to hell, rector, but you must allow us the choice of how we get there.Raspberry Jam

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.

There will always exist inequalities which will appear unjust to those who suffer from them, disappointments which will appear unmerited, and strokes of misfortune which those hit have not deserved. But when these things occur...

They are talking like fools. They are saying that two and two make nothing. They are saying that a man will have to die to in order to protect his life. If you agree to...

God isn’t about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He’s all about you making choices–exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a...

Only we have that. Mortals.

free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.

Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like you come along and knock down all the obstacles we put...

I shall decide what I do. If you say my work is fighting, or healing, or exploring, or whatever you say, I’ll always be thinking about it, and if I end up doing that, I’ll...

Obligation is a more effective weapon against the Will than any penalty, threat or act of force.

You cannot hinder someone’s free will, that’s the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.

The greatest of all capabilities of a human being is to become born again.

It may be bad for you, but government has no role in dictating our lives. People should be free to imprison themselves.

Fate isn’t a straight road,” I said, becoming the oracle that earlier in the day I had declined to be for her. “There are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have...

Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or cannot do such-and-such an action; but as soon as he...

This doctrine of total inability which declares that men are dead in sin does not mean that all men are equally bad, nor that any man is as bad as he could be, nor that...

Wheels have been set in motion, and they have their own pace, to which we are…condemned. Each move is dictated by the previous one – that is the meaning of order. If we start being...

The very idea of penalizing based on propensities is nauseating. To accuse a person of some possible future behavior is to negate the very foundation of justice: that one must have done something before we...

Free will is the cutting edge of Creation, don’t you see? The word spontaneity derives from the Latin sponte, meaning ‘of one’s free will.’ Spontaneity is the impulse, the purest expression of freedom, and the...

We’re a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.

When the battle is over, the winners find it very hard not to pursue their violence. If you are strong enough to hold violence, you are strong enough to hold true to your pact. Then...

Man doeth this and doeth that from the good or evil of his heart; but he knows not to what end his sense doth prompt him; for when he strikes he is blind to where...

Every man has within him only one life and one nature … It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You...

The illusion that humans possess free will is compounded by the inherent randomness of the universe. Chaos disguised as freedom of choice…

Our flesh shrinks from what it dreads and responds to the stimulus of what it desires by a purely reflex action of the nervous system. Our eyelid closes before we are aware that the fly...

This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

…our free will could convert a curse into a blessing or a blessing into a curse…To transform a crisis into an opportunity was true wisdom

Yet our ability to exercise free will and transcend the most extraordinary obstacles does not make the conditions of our life irrelevant. Most of us struggle and often fail to meet the biggest challenges of...

There was just such a man when I was young—an Austrian who invented a new way of life and convinced himself that he was the chap to make it work. He tried to impose his...