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No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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.
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.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
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.
Here, here, and everywhere, he leaves and takes,
Dexterity so obeying appetite
That what he will he read more
Here, here, and everywhere, he leaves and takes,
Dexterity so obeying appetite
That what he will he does, and does so much
That proof is called impossibility.
I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.
I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not
done it when they could.
The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use read more
The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.