“Yet the myth persists that genetic determinism is a more implacable kind of fate than social determinism.”

“In a scientific worldview, man determines his own fate by fighting for freedom from any kind of spiritual enslavement.”

“I will repeat the following until I am hoarse: it is contagion that determines the fate of a theory in social science, not its validity.”

“Determination, knowledge, and wisdom work in collaboration; determination dominates, for without persistence, knowledge and wisdom never attain their full potential.”

“Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.”

“[ Marx] explicates ideology as socially determined, [ Stirner] as psychologically determined: both accuse it of remaining oblivious to its own determinations.”

“The vitality of our network will determine our professional fate.”

“A curious paradox: people have only the narrowest private interest in mind when they act, yet they are at the same time more than ever determined in their behavior by the instincts of the mass. … The diversity of individual goals is immaterial in face of the identity of the determining forces.”

“Even after I had determined that there was no physiological cause, and that I was no more insane than most of my fellow men, the fears persisted. It was a defect, illness, or deformity that had to be hidden from "normal" people.”

“The fate of States decides theirs:
Clauses of treaties determine their affections.”