To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

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

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

Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.

Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.

Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., Tu si animum vicisti potius quam animus te est quod
gaudias.]

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he read more

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he will not.
[Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann
nicht, so will er nicht.]

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

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

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