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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.
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.
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.]
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
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.
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.
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.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
