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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.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what read more
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.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
