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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 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.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
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.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.
Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.
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.