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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 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.

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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'.

by M. Scott Peck Found in: Will Quotes,
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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.

by A.w. Hare And J.c. Hare Found in: Will Quotes,
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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.

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Will Quotes,
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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

by Spanish Proverb Found in: Will Quotes,
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

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A boy's will is the wind's will.

A boy's will is the wind's will.

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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.

by Marge Piercy Found in: Will Quotes,
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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a read more

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

by Confucius Found in: Will Quotes,
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Do or do not... there is no try.

Do or do not... there is no try.

by Yoda Found in: Will Quotes,
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