Quotes about Free will

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Were these boys in their right minds? Here were two boys with good intellect, one eighteen and one nineteen. They had al — Clarence Darrow, Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom
Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barri — Clarence Darrow, The Story of My Life
To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god m — Frank Herbert
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. — Henry David Thoreau
We may not yet know the right way to go, but we should at least stop going in the wrong direction. — Stefan Molyneux, Against The Gods?
Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free. — Daniel Delgado F
Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. — Daniel C. Dennett, Freedom Evolves
Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself tu — Percy Williams Bridgman, The Nature of Physical Theory
There may be some truth (atheists) do not need to believe in a god to be good, but then if they do not believe in a god, — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
Which do you think is more valuable to humanity?a. Finding ways to tell humans that they have free will despite the inco — Jerry A. Coyne
Losing a belief in free will has not made me fatalistic—in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fear — Sam Harris, Free Will
We are the sum total of the decisions we have made. — E.A. Bucchianeri
No one else can want for me. No one can substitute his act of will for mine. It does sometimes happen that someone very — John Paul II, Love and Responsibility
Although her disobedience is tragic, Eve’s innocence is not all bad. Certainly, that innocfence leads her to make a poor — Robert Rowland Smith, Breakfast with Socrates: An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day
If there was no free will in men, then there is no sins. When sins happened, it was 'free will' that made them doable. T — Toba Beta
It is impossible to exercise free will as long as we are operating from within the system. Free will requires consciousn — Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism: The Belief System That Enables Us to Eat Some Animals and Not Others
For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient — Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many peo — Criss Jami, Killosophy
God isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exerci — Jim Butcher