Quotes About Free will

Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.

This error of free will is a special doctrine of the Antichrist.

As Lynn writes: "What angers me is the loss of control. At any moment someone could come to me, be dressed the right way and use the right code, and I no longer have free will. I will do anything that person requests. I hate them for that. Nothing else is as bad as known that I am always out of control; knowing that I am still a laboratory experiment, a puppet whose strings are hidden from ever but my handlers, and I don't yet know how to break free. p216

God waits for our permission and doesn't invade our privacy as we do with others. Everybody has free choice.

That is how war corrupts us. It plays on our pride in our own free will.

I cannot remember whether this was my decision or her command. Maintaining such fogginess about free will is, I think, a secret to a lasting marriage.

Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will.

If we lift ourselves out of spiritual ignorance, we can find ourselves as a new creature spawned in and from FREE WILL that we possessed inside us all the while.

Your destiny is the choices you make.

It's not Circumstance. It's not Chance. It's the Choice we make that determines the Destiny of Life.

Family, Friends, a Free Will, the desire to have Fun whilst taking the Fall - those are Four essential ingredients to spice up a successful life.

Ton avenir est fait de choix qui t'appartiennent.

He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity;

Now, there are many millions in their sects and churches who feel the order, 'Do thou,' and throw their weight into obedience. And there are millions more who feel predestination in 'Thou shalt.' Nothing they may do can interfere with what will be. But 'Thou mayest'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win.

It is easy out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice! That makes a man a man. A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. There's no godliness there.

Timshel - thou mayest

timshel—'Thou mayest'—that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.' Don't you

The King James translation makes a promise in 'Thou shalt,' meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—'Thou mayest'—that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.' Don't

Choices are exhibited through the notions of free will, temptation challenges them.

Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.

It's not Circumstance. It's not Chance. It's the Choice you make that determines the destiny of Life.

Life is like a game of cards... the hand that is dealt you represents determinism, the way you play it is free will...

Infidelity is a choice made of our own free will.

I do not believe in destiny. But I believe in everyone having their own predestined paths they must walk.