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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.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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.
He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
[Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, read more
He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
[Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt
sich.]
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.
The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
My will enkindled my by mine and ears
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment.