Self-will

According to that, the one great offence of man is Self-will.

On Liberty 2002

Self-will is so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 Various

Self-will, love of pleasure, quick excitability, and consequent irritability, are the marked ingredients in every strong character; its strength must be employed against itself to produce any high moral superiority.

The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends An English Lady

Self-will without true thought can bring thee gain.

The Seven Plays in English Verse 495? BC-406 BC Sophocles

Self-will will never be satisfied, though it should have command of all it would; but we are satisfied from the moment we renounce it.

Pens��es 1623-1662 1944

According to that, the one great offence of man is Self-will.

Chapter III. On Individuality, As One of the Elements of Wellbeing 1909

Self-will has been your besetting sin ever since you were a little baby crying for something you couldn't have.

Mary Olivier: a Life May Sinclair 1904

Self-will stands between many a person and Christ and eternal life.

Revival Addresses 1856-1928 1903

[133] The scripture likewise saith: "Self-will engendereth punishment, and necessity purchaseth a crown."

The Life of Our most Holy Father S. Benedict c. 540-604 1898

Self-will, self-pride, and self-righteousness were big in him, and so the supper had ended in silence, and with a little attack of coughing on the part of Cassy, which made her angry at herself.

Northern Lights Gilbert Parker 1897