Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.

He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

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.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

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.

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.

You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own read more

You have to do it yourself, no one else will do it for you. You must work out your own salvation.

He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, read more

He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For reasons to himself best known.