As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders read more

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

Every person, all the events of your life are drawn there because you have them there. What you choose to read more

Every person, all the events of your life are drawn there because you have them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation.

There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation.

Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.

Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.

Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.

Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.

No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses read more

No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing.

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are read more

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.