Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility. John Climacus
He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Antonio Gramsci
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. Arthur Schopenhauer
The true religion of Jesus Christ our Saviour is that which penetrates, and which receives all the warmth of the heart, and all the elevation of the soul, and all the energies of the understanding, and all the strength of the will. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding. Arthur Schopenhauer