A man who does something bad will be judged by men and by God. A man who does something good will be rewarded by men and also by God.

If I was harsh with you, it was because I cannot bear to see you treat yourself as if you are worth nothing. Whatever part you might act to the contrary, I see you as...

Actually, she wasn’t a little girl at all, as it turns out, but a midget in a dress with a penchant for violence, who goes by the name of Six-Fingered Nigel.

William James used to preach the ‘will to believe.’ For my part, I should wish to preach the ‘will to doubt’ … what is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to...

The greatest discovery is to find a hero within oneself that will choose life over death; and fight for hope through despair to possess the will to live.

It is vain to think that any weariness, however caused, any burden, however slight, may be got rid of otherwise than by bowing the neck to the yoke of the Father’s will. There can be...

As long as we acknowledge them, there’s nothing to fear.

If religion is against homosexuality, then it is against the will and happiness of people.

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

Now for God’s sake, will you two start behaving like a princess and a Courier?” Halt told them. “If you don’t, I’ll have to think about sending Will home.”Me?’ Will said, his voice breaking into...

What does freedom mean if we accept the fundamental premise that humans are social beings, raised in certain social and historical contexts and belonging to particular communities that shape their desires and understandings of the...

Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,…

Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed on him.

Didn’t you?

He who in given cases consents to obey his fellows with servility, and who submits his will, and even his thoughts, to their control, how can he pretend that he wishes to be free?

With God on your side, what does luck matter?

no one has ever actually referred to me as ‘the master’, or ‘the magister’, either. More’s the pity…

illusion” of choice because, in many cases, the nature of their choices hardly reaches the level of will, but of merely perfunctory activity. For the most part, their desires are not too strong, they are...

Your vehicle of leadership is fueled by your willingness to learn. You can’t lead if you can’t learn!

What happens to other people does not necessarily will happen to you.

it’s colder than a witch’s tit in a steel bra

Where there is no will,there is always a way out.

El carisma es el arma más poderosa de un hombre

Who are you, gaijin? What do you know about honor?”I’m called Chocho,’ Will said…’Chocho?’ Arisaka shouted, goaded beyond control. ‘Butterfly? Then die, Butterfly!

Strange how reluctant I was to acknowledge that control of my fate lay beyond my own conscious will. Habit of a lifetime, I suppose.

The free-will of man cannot impune the sovereignty of God, and conversely the sovereignty of God would not impune the free-will of men”.

I couldn’t loose somebody else like that, without even the chance to say good-bye. Not again. Not her.

The power of the sky can be made to do men’s bidding. There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but choose...

Faith,” said Jem. “That you were better than you thought you were. Forgiveness, that you need not always punish yourself. I always loved you, Will. Whatever you did. And now I need you to do...

I am dramatic,” said Will. “If i had not been a Shadowhunter, i would have had a future on the stage.

Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.

If your are an expatriate, a ‘will’ is required because, the laws of the country in which you reside would be different from that of your home country, and when the inevitable (death) occurs (untimely),...

He reached forward to cup my cheek, the touch surprising me. “Please understand that no matter what I am or what has happened in the past, I am yours. I am devoted to you above...

Always do what you’re afraid to do. …I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.

Now, you and I both know that I’ll wait a lifetime for you – remember, Butterfly Weeds never give up – so take your time down there. And tonight, as you watch that big, orange...

Don’t be blurred by impulse, to avoid regrets, refrain from doing things that will make you regret.

You’ve always said I should have an inquiring mind,” she said. “I have. But not an interrupting one.

Strong-willed heart, always makes me feel so touched. It reminds me about some ‘fall and rise again’ in my life.

Self-will and prayer are both ways of getting things done. At the center of self-will is me, carving a world in my image, but at the center of prayer is God, carving me in his...

Everything you experience is a blessing and pushes you toward realizing your true self.

And perhaps for others that is so. But you and Will—you are not like two ordinary people, two people who might have been jealous of each other, or who would have imagined my love for...

They already think it, so what’s the difference, really?

He realized without being aware of it that he had had the possibility to know her, before – had he known her? – but now that had changed. The possibility was gone. Now no one...

When there is too much sorrow in your heart, true compassion gets its ways out of it. Don’t make a will over your sorrow, nobody needs to inherit it!

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.

Realize that the tests you endure will mold your character, persona, and will. The more heartbreak and pain you will feel with your trials in life, the greater your joy and glory will be once...

Jeg henvender mig til disken og spør efter kognak. Manden ved disken forstår mig og sætter ned en flaske. Den har et mig ubekjent mærke, og det står Odessa på den. Tvi! sier jeg; har...

We can each sit and wait to die, from the very day of our births. Those of us who do not do so, choose to ask–and to answer–the two questions that define every conscious creature:...

[Will]’d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt’s voice woke him.’Will? Are you asleep?’…’I was,’ he said, a little indignantly. ‘I’m not now.”Good,’ Halt replied, a trifle smugly. ‘Serves you right.

Never underestimate the will of a creature who begins to die at birth.