It is the Godfather, not God the Father, who makes you an offer you can’t refuse.
Peter KreeftMots clés free-will christianity salvation calvinism predestination soteriology
There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain lottery tickets I can buy, thereby increasing my odds of finding contentment. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom share my body and life and money and energy with.
Elizabeth GilbertMots clés free-will identity fate
For historical currents do not irresistibly propel themselves and everyone in their path. No matter what their broader structural or ideological roots, they both carry along and are carried along by people, who are not merely passengers of history, but pilots as well.
Doug McAdamMots clés free-will freedom history 1960s drive sociology summer pilot doug-mcadams freedom-summer mcadams
Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with.
Haruki MurakamiMots clés life free-will recipe being-different
Freedom that is not fought for, that is not gained by personal sacrifice is freedom that will never last, because in the heart of the one set free, it will have little value. A treasure that costs nothing is a treasure that is easily neglected and lost.
Bryan DavisMots clés free-will freedom treasure
I also had to come tonight to apologize. If you need to go to Mexico to finish this process off, then I understand. I was wrong to criticize you for it or even imply that I had some kind of say in it. One of the greatest things about you is that in the end, you always make smart decisions. Can’t always say the same for myself. Whatever you need to do, I’ll support you.
Richelle MeadMots clés free-will trust respect agency adrian-ivashkov sydney-sage equals heroes-done-right
Choices are powerful things. In fact, they’re more powerful than most things.
Amy NeftzgerMots clés choice free-will destiny choices powerful destiny-chance
Every life is a mystery. And every story of every life is a mystery. But it is not what happens that is the mystery. It is whether it has to happen no matter what, whether it is ordered and ordained, fixed and fated, or whether it can be missed, avoided, circumvented, passed by; that is the mystery.
If she had not come along the Via Piemonte that day, would it still have happened? If she had come along the Via Piemonte that day, but ten minutes later than she did, would it still have happened? Therein lies the real mystery. And no one ever knows, and no one ever will.
("For The Rest Of Her Life")
Mots clés life free-will fate story mystery destiny random-chance
Mots clés free-will freedom philosophy atheism sublime
كل منا مهندس أقداره الخاصة، بدرجة ما، على الأقل
Ivan KlímaMots clés free-will fate engineering engineers
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