voluntās will

Benignius leges interpretandae sunt quo voluntas earum servertur. (Celsus, Ibid., 18)1Compare Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi. (Instituiones, I, 1)Compare Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due. (Tr. Moyle, 1883)

Beatus quippe vult esse, etiam non sic vivendo ut possit esse. Quid est ista voluntate mendacius? Unde non frustra dici potest omne peccatum est mendacium.Compare Man indeed desires happiness even when he does to live as to make happiness impossible. What could be more of a lie than such a desire? This is the reason why every sin can be called a lie.

Ego ignosco, si, ille voluntas obtemperans; minus videor memini constantia tuus.Compare Forgive me, if, through obedience to his wishes, I shall appear to have too slight a remembrance of your firmness.

Quid irascor is qui aliquis scribo contra suus voluntas?Compare Why is he angry with one who has written something contrary to his own wishes?

Alius consilium, alius animus, alius occasio desum; voluntas nemo.Compare Some wanted wisdom. others courage, others opportunity; but no one wanted the will.

Inexcusabilis est omnis peccator vel reatu originis vel additamento etiam propriae voluntatis, sive qui novit sive qui ignorat, sive qui iudicat sive qui non iudicat; quia et ipsa ignorantia in iis, qui intelligere noluerunt, sine dubitatione peccatum est, in iis autem qui non potuerunt, poena peccati.Compare Every sinner is inexcusable, whether because of the original sin or because of an additional offense due to his own will, whether he knows or does not know it, whether he condemns or does not condemn it; because in those unwilling to understand ignorance itself is beyond doubt a sin, and in those unable to understand, this inability is the penalty of sin.