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“We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own. Obviously, freedom as the definition of a man does not depend upon others, but as soon as there is a commitment, I am obliged to will the liberty of others at the same time as my own. I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim.”

Men Doe My Own Liberty Particular Willing Depends Circumstances Commitment Aim Sake Definitions Obliged

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“The pleasures of intimacy in friendship depend far more on external circumstances than people of a sentimental turn of mind are willing to concede; and when constant companionship ceases to suit the convenience of both parties, the chances are that it will be dropped on the first favourable opportunity.”

Source: Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)

“Take another look at your life. Give thanks. Accept your circumstances. Give thanks. Count your blessings. Give thanks. Show up for each day's meditation. Be willing to give the basic tools a fair chance. They can help you find your way.”

Way Giving Looks Helping Shows Chance Accepting Meditation Willing Circumstances Blessing Fairs Tools Thanks Each Day Count Your Blessings

Book:Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy

Source: Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy

“Do we not see God at work in our circumstances? Dark times are allowed and come to us through the sovreignty of God. Are we prepared to let God do what He wants with us? Are we prepared to be separated from the outward, evident blessings of God? Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve. Our faith is real, but it is not yet permanent. And God is never in a hurry. If we are willing to wait, we will see God pointing out that we have been interested only in his blessings, instead of God Himself.”

“Dawn Kotzer is the kind of coach who can see beauty and wisdom in circumstances that seem ugly and chaotic. She's kind, genuine and honest, willing and able to see where her clients get stuck and gently help them recover their freedom. Better than a coach who gives you the answers, Dawn will help you find the answers to your life's dilemmas that are already within you.”

Giving Kind Helping Seems Able Answers Honest Willing Circumstances Ugly Coaches Stuck Genuine Dawn Within You Clients Dilemma Chaotic

Author:Martha Beck

“Well I can tell you that for me generally speaking that I think things that I deal with are all to do with not accepting things, not excepting life on life's terms. My life becomes a lot easier when I'm willing to just accept. I don't have to like circumstances as they are, but I have to accept them and that's where I always seem to get thrown, when I try to will my way instead of accept things the way they are.”

Thinking Way Trying Wells I Can Seems Term Deals Accepting Willing Circumstances Easier My Way Thrown Accepting Things

Author:Matt Dillon

“You must be willing to give total unconditional love to everyone, under all circumstances. That means being willing to be totally responsible for what you do and how you do it.”

Giving Mean Willing Circumstances Responsible Unconditional Love Unconditional

Book:In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want

Source: In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want

“We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.”

Suffering Order Party Achieve Willing Circumstances Tradition Innovation Rejects Discomfort Better Future

Author:Barbara Jordan

“I think the voters who voted for Donald Trump certainly are willing to tolerate a lot of ugliness, but maybe, if you're in desperate circumstances, or you think America is deeply in trouble, you're willing to tolerate that without necessarily liking it.”

Ifs Thinking America Trouble Willing Trump Circumstances Desperate Voters Tolerate Ugliness

Author:David Brooks

“Everything depends very much on who you are, what your values are, what your commitments are, what circumstances you live in and what options you're willing to undertake, and that determines what you ought to be doing.”

Values Willing Depends Ought Circumstances Commitment Who You Are Determine

Author:Noam Chomsky

“Obviously cheap sentimentality isn't something any good novelist wants to traffic in, but I think it's a problem if you consider it to be the most egregious of all creative sins. I think it's a problem if you consider it the thing to be avoided at all cost. I think it's a problem of you're not willing to risk the consequences of that kind of emotionalism under any circumstances. Then you wind up in the cul-de-sac of irony.”

Ifs Thinking Want Kind Problem Sin Creative Risk Willing Wind Circumstances Cost Consequence Irony Novelists Traffic Avoided Sentimentality

Author:Steve Erickson

“About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.”

Humans Would Be Earth Fall Evil Given Human Beings Willing Circumstances Commit Temptation

Book:The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation

Source: The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation

“History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on it. That men would die was a matter of necessity; WHICH men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance. But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.”

Source: Catch-22: A Novel