Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

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.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., read more

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.]

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.

All
Life needs for life is possible to will.

All
Life needs for life is possible to will.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a read more

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
My will enkindled my by mine and ears
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment.

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of read more

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. . . . love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.....true love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'.

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.