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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.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., read more
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by
it, you have reason to rejoice.
[Lat., Tu si animum vicisti potius quam animus te est quod
gaudias.]
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.]
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.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.
At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
All
Life needs for life is possible to will.
All
Life needs for life is possible to will.