The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
Will is the dynamic soul-force.
The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.
A will finds a way.
The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
It is not enough to render things equal to the will, that they are equal or alike in themselves.
Discerning the will of God is a very tricky thing, partly because, you know, the little voice in my head can either be God's voice or it can be my own ego doing a magnificent impression of God's voice.
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.
Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing.