Quotes About Free will

It may not be nice to be good, 6655321. It may be horrible to be good. And when I say that to you I realize how self-contradictory that sounds. I know I shall have many sleepless nights about this. What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Is the man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Özgür irade ile seçilen kötülük, organize güçler taraf?ndan kiÅŸiye dayat?lan deterministik iyilikten daha m? insancad?r ?

What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Quizás el hombre que elige el mal es en cierto modo mejor que aquel a quien se le impone el bien

Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness?

There is the devastatingly simple, yet profound, moral dilemma, which underlies the book: is it better for a man to choose to be bad than to be conditioned to be good?

Algunas veces no es grato ser bueno, pequeño 6655321. Ser bueno puede llega a ser algo horrible. Y te lo digo sabiendo que puede ser una afirmación muy contradictoria. ¿Qué quiere Dios, el bien o que uno elija el camino del bien? Quizás el hombre que elige el mal es en cierto modo mejor que aquel a quien se le impone el bien.

Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Ser bom pode não ser agradável, 6655321. Pode ser horrível ser bom. E quando digo isto a você, eu compreendo como soa contraditório. Eu sei que vou passar muitas noites sem dormir por causa disto. O que é que Deus quer? Deus quer a bondade ou a escolha da bondade? O homem que escolhe o mal é talvez de uma certa forma melhor do que aquele a quem a bondade é imposta.

Ä°yilik seçilemeyen bir ÅŸeydir. Ä°nsan seçemediÄŸinde insanl?ktan ç?kar. (syf. 73 – 74)

It may not be nice to be good, little 6655321. It may be horrible to be good. And when I say that to you I realize how self-contradictory that sounds. I know I shall have many sleepless nights about this. What does God want? Does God want woodness (goodness) or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some ways better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Tanr? biz kullar?ndan ne istiyor? Tanr?'n?n istediÄŸi iyilik mi yoksa iyiliÄŸi seçebilme ÅŸans?na sahip olabilmek mi? KötülüÄŸü seçen biri gerçekte iyiliÄŸe zorlanan birinden daha m? geçerli Tanr?'n?n gözünde?

A human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange.

Tanr? ne ister? Tanr? iyilik mi ister yoksa iyi olma seçeneÄŸini mi? KötülüÄŸü seçen bir insan, kendisine iyilik dayat?lm?? bir insandan baz? aç?lardan daha üstün olabilir mi? (syf. 84)

tanr?n?n istediÄŸi iyilik mi yoksa iyiliÄŸi seçebilme ÅŸans?na sahip olabilmek mi? kötülüÄŸü seçen biri gerçekte iyiliÄŸe zorlanan birinden daha m? geçerli tanr?n?n gözünde?

What does God want? Does God want woodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

We all have choices, Nick. Even if it's nothing more than the choice between lesser evils. No one can take away your free will. Not even the gods. It's the one gift that can never be returned, stolen, or revoked. We can blame others for our bad decisions. We can say that we had no choice. But it's always a lie. No one puts your hand on the gun but you. Only you can decide if you pick it up or leave it alone.

Every person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to do violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. Then he is forever lost. He is forever damned. Not by the world or the circumstances of his birth, but by his own free will.

To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.

You'll never find a man on Earth, if a god leads him on, who can escape his fate.

they] reason'd high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixt Fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. (Paradise Lost 2.658

What can i tell you about the choices we make? Fate reads like the polar opposite of decision, and so much of life reads like fate.