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And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.
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.
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.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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.
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.
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'.