“Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else”

“In the first is the last, in thy will is my power to believe”

“There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself”

“To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life”

“For the will and not the gift makes the giver”

“If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender”