Free Will – Quotes

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

If you are ending

If you are ending up where you want to be, what difference does it make whether you went fast or slow? Or what difference does it make whether it was painful before it got really good? Isn’t that the point of free will? You get to choose. Esther Hicks

I can never forget

I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac. Eric Hoffer

You may fetter my

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

There’s glory and honour

There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will Elizabeth Wein

And I envied her

And I envied her that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. I don’t suppose I had any idea what I ‘wanted’ and so I was chosen, not choosing. There’s glory and honor in being chosen. But not much room for free will. Elizabeth Wein

You know, it’s the

You know, it’s the same thing as the question of free will and destiny, the question of creativity – you, the artist, you’re not the puppet of the piano, you’re not the puppet of the muse, but you’re not its master, either. It’s a relationship, it’s a conversation, and all it wants is to be … Read more

We gallop through our

We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses–one foot is on the horse called \”fate,\” the other on the horse called \”free will.\” And the question you have to ask every day is–which horse is which? Which horse do I need to stop worrying about because it’s not under … Read more

Life is a compromise

Life is a compromise between fate and free will. Elbert Hubbard

The psychology of a

The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one’s control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one’s free will. Edward Sapir