To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

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.

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.

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

All
Life needs for life is possible to will.

All
Life needs for life is possible to will.

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.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

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.