THE RANDOM-STRUCK CHORD OF THE  ROGUE COMET MUST COME TO HARMONIOUSLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANETARY ORCHESTRA BEFORE IT IS EVER A STAR; CONSCIOUSNESS REQUIRES INTENTIONAL FORETHOUGHT OF THE WHOLE TO COUNTER-BALANCE THE FREE-REIGN OF INDIVIDUAL WILL

BIBLICAL

(John 6:39):  Father, not my will but Thine.

(Luke 22:42):  Let the Will of God be done.

(Deuteronomy 30:15):  See!  Today I have set before you a free choice between life and good, and death and evil.

(The Way of God 1:3:1):  Man is the creature placed between perfection and deficiency, with the power to earn perfection.  Man must earn perfection, however, through his own free will and desire. 

(Christopher Ness):  They also aver that saving grace is tendered to the acceptance of every man; which he may or may not receive, just as he pleases.  And that the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit in conversion is not invincible but is suspended, or depends for its efficacy on the Will of man.

BUDDHIST

(Dhammapada 103):  Though one should conquer a million men on the battle field, he, indeed, is the noblest victor who has conquered himself.

(Dhammapada 380):  Self, indeed, is the protector of self.  Self, indeed, is one’s refuge.  Control, therefore, your own self as a merchant controls a noble steed.

JAINISM

 (Uttaradhyanyana Sutra 9.34):  Though a man should conquer thousands and thousands of valiant foes, greater will be his victory if he conquers nobdoy but himself.

ISLAMIC

(Hadith of Buhkari):  The strong man is not the good wrestler.  It is he who controls his self.

(Hadith):  Struggle, struggle against the lower self.

JUDAISM

(Mishnah, Abot 4.1):  Who is strong?  He who controls his lower passions and desires.

TAOISM

 (Tao Te Ching 33):  He who conquers others has physical strength; He who conquers himself is strong.

HINDUISM

 (Mundaka Upanishad):  The goal of life is reached by the sages who are free of the vices of self-will.

(Bhagavad Gita):  Those who are self-controlled, striving earnestly through the right means, will attain the goal. 

 (Katha Upanishad):  When a man lacks discrimination and his mind is uncontrolled, his senses are unmanageable, like the restive horses of a charioteer.  But when a man has discrimination and his mind is controlled, his senses, like the well-broken horses of a charioteer, lightly obey the rein.

MYSTERY TRADITIONS

(Alice Bailey):  Then comes the final solemn demand that theis Plan of Love and Light, working through mankind, may seal the door where evil dwells.  And then comes the idea of restoration, indicating the keynote for the future and that the day will come when God's original idea and his initial intention will no longer be frustrated by human free will and evil - pure materialism and selfishness.  The divine purpose will then, through the changed hearts and goals of humanity, be achieved.

(Foster Bailey):  I play my part with stern resolve, with earnest aspiration; I look above, I help below; I dream not, nor I rest; I toil; I serve; I reap; i pray; I mount the Cross; I tread the Way; I tread upon the work I do; I mount upon my slain Self; I forego peace; I forfeit rest, and in the stress of pain I loose my self and find my Self and enter into peace.

PHILOSOPHY

(Plato):  The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

(Epictetus):  Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of all of what is desired, but by controlling the desires.

THELEMA

(Aleister Crowley):  Do what thou Wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

(Tim Maroney):  In Crowley's writing the Law of Thelema is explained in terms of True Will, the ultimate spiritual core or quintessence of each person, which has a divinely self-ordained path through the world of experience.  "Do what thou wilt" refers not to the outer emotional and intellectual self but to this sacred inner core of personal divinity.  Often Will is contrasted with whim, and the knowing and doing of the True Will is painted not in terms of license and ease but of responsibility and hard work.

MODERN

(W.A. Foster):  Quality is never by accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wisest choice in the face of  many alternatives.

(Napolean Hill):  If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

(Brian Tracy):  Develop the power of your will so that you can make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.