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Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers read more
Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act IV),
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.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
He that will not when he may,
When he will he shall have nay.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
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.
"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for read more
"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer."
A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.
Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
