Quotes About Choice

Whether or not true free will exists, virtually all human beings act as if it does, and evaluate each other on the basis of their ability to make what they believe to be genuine moral choices.

Liberal democracy is built around the rights given to individuals who are equal in their freedom, that is, who have an equal degree of choice and agency in determining their collective political lives.

Liberal individualism does not preclude or deny human sociability; it simply means that most social engagements in a liberal society will ideally be voluntary. You can join with other people, but what groups you join are, to the maximum extent possible, a matter of personal choice.

Another occupation might have been better.

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

For abortion opponents believe that a class of persons are being killed by such methods as dismemberment, suffocation, and burning, and thus are more than perplexed to be told that they don't have to participate in the killings if they don't want to. Saying 'If you don't like abortion, don't have one.' to those opposed to abortion is similar to telling abolitionists not to own slaves if they don't like slavery.

Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.

Yeah, it's true we're all dealt a set of cards. But it's also true that it's up to us to figure out how to play the hand.

You do not chuse where You bestow your Heart. Your Heart bestows Itself, will-you-nill-you, in the Midst of other Business. —

The subject of free will is neither the intellect, nor the will, but both faculties conjointly.

Maybe that was how to heal. I told myself stories and learned that I could be made of the ones I chose to tell, not simply the ones that life had laid haphazardly around me.

The best time to finally be and do what you want could be the worst time to be and do what you want. So if now is the worst time for you, this may be your best chance.

A true dancer is not a dancer, it is all possible dancers, including all non-dancers, it is all and nothing at the same time, as well as someone or something, as a result of a conscious choice

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.

I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live.

I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or to joyless to live.

While we have minimal control over the events that befall us, we have the final say over how we regard and react to them.

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say something.

Most of the things we decide are not what we know to be the best. We say yes, merely because we are driven into a corner and must say somethign.

Your decisions participate in the creation of the version of reality you will live.

Free is never Worth it

Each man has many fates. Each choice produces a different path. Each path another choice. So be it. When a man has found his way through the maze of many lifetimes he will find harmony. Or he will remain in chaos lost in the maze. His choice alone determines." Orient

Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasions to change.