Quotes on Free Will

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.

The sin both of men and of angels, was rendered possible by the fact that God gave us free will.

It's the same with menus and men and just about anything else: we think we're choosing things for ourselves, but in fact we may not be choosing anything. It could be that everthing's being decided in advance and we pretend we're making choices. Free will may be an illusion. I often think that.

i realize that the future, though invisible, has weight. We are in the gravitational pull of past and future. It takes huge energy -speed of light power- to break the gravitational pull. How many of us ever get free of our orbit? We tease ourselves with fancy notions of free will and self-help courses that direct our lives. We believe we can be our own miracles, and just a lottery win or Mr.right will make the world new.

...free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.