"Free Will" Quotes
In "Free Will," Sam Harris argues that free will is an illusion and that our choices are ultimately determined by factors beyond our control.
philosophy | 83 pages | Published in 2012
Quotes
You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.
Just as a waterfall is nothing but water, a person is nothing but a situation.
You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.
You are not making the choice, you are the choice.
You are a biochemical puppet.
Thoughts and intentions emerge from background causes of which we are unaware and over which we exert no conscious control.
The moment you most want to be mindful is the moment when you are most liable to lose it.
The feeling of free will is an illusion.
You can do what you want, but you can't want what you want.
You are not truly free to choose until you have no choice.
