“what is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.”

“Their freedom to make choices means they are free to make wrong ones.” -Luke Skywalker”

“We want our children to become who they are--- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define it doesn't mean doing what you want. Freedom means the ability to make choices that are good for you. It is the power to choose to become what you are capable of becoming, to develop your unique potential by making choices that turn possibility into reality. It is the ability to make choices that actualize you. As often as not, maybe more often than not, this kind of freedom means doing what you do not want, doing what is uncomfortable or tiring or boring or annoying.”

“The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what it means to be a human being.”

“All choices have consequences,' she said []. 'That doesn't mean we're not free to make them. It's one of the perplexities of the human condition”

“You are free to make your own choices, but ultimately your choices make you.”