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    Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.

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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Will Quotes,
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Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

by Horace Greeley Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Will Quotes,
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The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
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The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm, and self-possessed.

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There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

by Juan Montalvo Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from
wilfulness.

The only way of setting the will free is to deliver it from
wilfulness.

by A.w. Hare And J.c. Hare Found in: Will Quotes,
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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb Lawless are they that make their wills read more

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

by Spanish Proverb Found in: Will Quotes,
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The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use read more

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.

by Marge Piercy Found in: Will Quotes,
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Where there's a will, there's a way.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

by English Proverb Found in: Will Quotes,
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