Benjamin Franklin Quotes

When one has genuinely chosen a course for oneself it cannot be possible to hold another responsible for it.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.

A human being is a deciding being.

I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.

If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is free will. Even though it's free, we don't take advantage of it as much as we could when it comes to matters of the heart.

We make our own future; we govern ourselves, and to govern is to choose.

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

If you are not happy with the song, don't sing it. Simple as that - no-one forces you to do it.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view.

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.