(49 quotes found)
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers”
Voltaire
“Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.”
Ayn Rand
“No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. [John 10:18]”
Bible
“"The robber of your free will," writes Epictetus, "does not exist”
Marcus Aurelius
“Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.”
Scott Adams
“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.”
Ugo Betti
“You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will”
Epictetus
“Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.”
Martin Luther
“God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us”
Niccolo Machiavelli
