“We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.”

“We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there.”

“We cannot refuse destiny. We can't avoid it either. There is no place for us to hide. Whichever path you choose, he will find you.”

“You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.”

“Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.”

“We want to understand democracy as an endless discussion, or a constant debate when we choose a path. (…) But when the consensus comes, (…) we work as one body.”

“Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.”

“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”

“We are neither radically free to choose our nature nor entirely determined by our biological heritage.”

“We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.”