Quotes About Choice

The free man does what he likes in his working time and in his spare time what is required of him. The slave does what he is obliged to do in his working time and what he likes only when he is not at work.

Freedom aggravates at least as much as it alleviates frustration.

Freedom aggravates at least as much as it alleviates frustration. Freedom of choice places the whole blame of failure on the shoulders of the individual. And as freedom encourages a multiplicity of attempts, it unavoidably multiplies failure and frustration. Freedom alleviates frustration by making available the palliatives of action, movement, change and protest.

To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do what they do not want to do. It is perhaps true that those who can grow will feel free under any condition.

wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to temptation!

By deliberately withholding power, you generate more. By choosing to redirect it, you remember that the choice is yours. Such acts remind us how much dormant civic power we actually have—and how infrequently we ever activate that potential in full.

For the memory is selective and it is easier to remember what one wants to remember, so if I have to chose between the splendour and the miseries, I will chose the moments of happiness in spite of the fact that there are few situations in which men and women are completely happy and completely free.

Fluorescent overhead lighting would be a frightening choice, although acceptable if you keep the switch in the "off" position—or if the bulbs are all burnt out.

nobody who can think should ever be forced into a situation that bores them.)

Is love freedom or is it bondage?

Why should a bad marriage have been so much more compelling than no marriage? Why had I clung to my misery so? Why did I believe it was all I had?

Un homme est fait de choix et de circonstances. Personne n'a de pouvoir sur les circonstances, mais chacun en a sur ses choix.

Le mal est un mystère plus profond que le bien car, dans le bien, il y a une lumière, un dynamisme, une affirmation de la vie. Comment peut-on choisir l'obscur.

Le non, on l'a déjà dans notre poche, Momo. Le oui, il nous reste à l'obtenir.

Bense bundan bile daha az?yd?m. Ginza'daki fareden ya da Åžincuku'daki kargadan bile daha az?. Her ÅŸeyimi kaybetmiÅŸtim - ev, statü, iÅŸ, onur, haysiyet - özgürlüÄŸümden baÅŸka her ÅŸeyi. Zaten neyin özgürlüÄŸü? Çabuk bir ölüm ya da g?d?m g?d?m felaket aras?ndaki seçim özgürlüÄŸü.

Che gli uomini ci credano o meno, sfuggono a Dio perché rimangono liberi. Sta a loro mettere a frutto quella libertà, che esisterà solo se la utilizzano. Che il cielo sia pieno o vuoto, non c'è dubbio che tocchi agli uomini farsi carico degli uomini. Anzi, farsi carico di Dio. Soltanto loro possono travestirlo o comprenderlo, ascoltarlo o rimanere sordi, leggerlo bene o leggerlo male, esercitare il proprio spirito critico.

jest jeszcze przeszkoda psychiczna: nie mam woli. - Nieprawda. Masz du?o woli. - Tak? - Tak, znajdujesz tysiÄ…c powodów, ?eby unikn?? tego, co postanowiÅ'eÅ›. W rzeczywistoÅ›ci masz blokadÄ™ woli, ale to zÅ'a wola. Szkoda, bo Å›cie?ka, którÄ… mo?na wej?? na szczyt, jest tÄ… samÄ…, którÄ… siÄ™ z niego schodzi.

Ecco. Bisogna distinguere due pene, Oscar, la sofferenza fisica e la sofferenza morale. La sofferenza fisica la si subisce. La sofferenza morale la si sceglie.» «Non capisco.» «Se ti piantano dei chiodi nei polsi o nei piedi, non puoi far altro che avere male. Subisci. Invece, all'idea di morire, non sei obbligato ad avere male. Non sai che cos'è. Dipende dunque da te.»

Intimement, J'en ai le désir, presque le goût. Mourir plutôt qu'attendre la mort.

Freedom is not a constant attribute which we either have or have not. In fact, there is no such thing as freedom except as a word and an abstract concept. There is only one reality: the act of freeing ourselves in the process of making choices. In this process the degree of our capacity to make choices varies with each act, with our practice of life.

Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.

The ultimate choice for a man, in as much as he is given to transcend himself, is to create or destroy, to love or to hate.

People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love—or to be loved by—is difficult.

Two persons thus fall in love when they feel they have found the best object available on the market, considering the limitations of their own exchange values.