Will Quotes (4)
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
From a British television interview (30 Mar 1978) quoted in The Listener (6 Apr 1978). In Alfred J. Kolatch, Great Jewish Quotations (1996), 87.
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.
Mad Love (1937) translated by Mary Ann Caws (1988), 25.
See also: | Art And Science (17) | Desire (11) | Industry (13) | Nothing (10) | Possession (5) | Retain (3)
The dedicated physician is constantly striving for a balance between personal, human values [and] scientific realities and the inevitabilities of God's will.
'The Brotherhood of Healing', address to the National Conference of Christians and Jews (12 Feb 1958). In James Beasley Simpson, Contemporary Quotations (1964), 177.
See also: | Balance (5) | Dedicated (2) | God (120) | Human (36) | Inevitable (3) | Personal (2) | Physician (137) | Reality (16) | Strive (3) | Value (7)
William James used to preach the 'will to believe'. For my part, I should wish to preach the 'will to doubt.' … What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.
Sceptical Essays (1928). In Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain (1986), 51.
