Free will is the
Free will is the thing you have to have if you’re going to be responsible in this all-or-nothing way. That’s what I mean by free will. That’s what I think we haven’t got and can’t have. Galen Strawson
Being Responsible
We may not be
We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world. Gabor Mate
You must keep your
You must keep your honor! You can’t speak for the country; you can do little about the national economy or actions of moral weaklings who excuse themselves with the expression, That is politics; nor can you be responsible for deception in others. But you are responsible for yourself! There are no collective panaceas – only … Read more
To the frustrated, freedom
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility. Eric Hoffer
The choices we make
The choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt
You cannot be responsible
You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you’ve been responsible for sin. Edwin Louis Cole
You could get a
You could get a cheer by saying: ‘Let’s withdraw from Afghanistan’, but I don’t think that’s where the public’s at. It wouldn’t be responsible. Ed Balls
Don\’t depend on other
Don’t depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things. Eartha Kitt
Freedom is the will
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche
Freedom is the will
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves. It is to preserve the distance which separates us from other men. To grow more indifferent to hardship, to severity, to privation, and even to life itself. Friedrich Nietzsche