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There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speechShort Humor
True freedom is about becoming free from everything, including yourself.Short Witty Wisdom
It's only when you discard bad habits that you are really a free man.Short Habit
Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.Short Loss
The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatly wrapped liesShort Truth Belief
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.Short Expectation
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.Short
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.Short
Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.Short
In times of war, the law falls silent.Short War
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fearShort Fear
We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.Short Belief
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.Short World
Only that person who does not carry the previous moment to this moment, is free from everythingShort Moment
To be able to do whatever one pleases is not the real meaning of freedom of actions.Short Action
The way to freedom is through service to others.Short
The sea does not like to be restrained.Short
She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.Short
You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.Short
You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.Short
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Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.Life
In mediocrity, there is comfort, but no joy. In going beyond your limits, there is joy, but maybe no comfort. You have to choose.Life Choice Joy Limitation
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.Life Choice
We are the only creature on the planet which has the freedom to shape its own life. It's this freedom which human beings are suffering. If one is suffering bondages then it's not a problem. If one is suffering freedom then it's a disasterLife Humanity Suffering
Having expectations of others means you are trying to fix their lives. Don't do that. Fix your own life - that is freedomLife Relationship Expectation
The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.Life Fear Work Humans
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourselfLife
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.Life Love Short Pain
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.Life
If you lock yourself from inside or outside, it's the same thing. As long as you don't open the door there is no difference whether somebody locked you from outside or you locked yourself from inside. Anyway you are imprisoned, If somebody locked you from outside, you can at least complain & scream. You locked yourself from inside, you can only be depressedLife
Now, all your vehicles are on self start, isn't it? But what is most vital to your life, your peacefulness, your joyfulness, your love, your blissfulness, everything is on push start right now. I am talking about upgrading technologies, Isn't it important that your joy, your love, your blissfulness is on self start?Life Love Self control Liberation
Mukti means liberation. Liberation means essentially to become free from yourself - because you are the only nuisance in your lifeLife Liberation
If you're smart enough, you will make arrangements that support you, not arrangement that entangle youLife Success Spirituality
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves
If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.Love
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.Fear Responsibility People
Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same.Inspirational
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.Forgiveness
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.Inspirational
If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.Inspirational Love
The fear of suffering makes your life a half step. Freedom from the fear of suffering is needed for a full-stride lifeFear Suffering
If you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change.Change Love
Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.Truth
The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.Nature Acceptance
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.Happiness Choice
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.Mistake Humanity
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.War
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.Inspirational
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.Desire Poetry Comfort
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.Peace War Choice
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.Politics
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.Anger Happiness
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.Truth Humor
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.Desire
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to bePeople
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.Individuality Man
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.World
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, Where knowledge is free... into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.Hope Fear Mind
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.Inspirational Attitude
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.Knowledge
Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.Philosophy Book
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.Faith Trust
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a worldWorld
The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.Inspirational Society
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.Difficulty
To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he is vigilant in its preservation.Man
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!Death Life Peace
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.Peace Liberation
There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.Perspective
For most people, love means, 'You must do what I want.' No, love means, they can do what they want, and we still love themLove Relationship People
Being able to shower affection on anyone without having a need for affection yourself - that's freedomLove Relationship Action
Discipline does not mean control. Discipline means having the sense to do exactly what is needed.Control
People have a completely messed up idea of what freedom is. Giving in to your compulsions is not freedomIdea People
People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles can't fathom.People
Free people make free choices. Free choices mean you get unequal outcomes. You can have freedom, or you can have equal outcomes. You can't have bothChoice People
The measure of wealth is freedom. The measure of health is lightness. The measure of intellect is judgment. The measure of wisdom is silence. The measure of love is peace.Love Peace Wisdom Silence
Those whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who have mastered the mind, and are free from desires by the practice of renunciation, attain the highest perfection of freedom from actionMind Action Intelligence Bhagavad gita
God is not your judge; you are your own judge. If you act wrongly, you are going to punish yourself. If you act rightly, you will free yourself.God Judgement
I enjoy everything, but I have no desire for anything, so there is never any pain or disappointment from unfulfillment. Whatever I do, wherever I go, I enjoy myself.Desire Pain
Even if you were to flee to the jungle, your old habits would be with you still. You can't run away from them, so you may as well strive to overcome them. Clear out the jungle of your wrong habits. Then you will be freeHabit
Your mind is like a bird that has been locked in a cage for many years. It fears liberty. Yet, freedom is its birthright.Fear Analogy Mind
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. With this constructive attitude, you will attain freedom.Strength Mind Attitude
No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning itExperience Loss
There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.Beauty Heart Love Idea
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.Individuality
Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.Funny Man
I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.
Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.Change Acceptance
Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.Change Education Thought
I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.Understanding
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.Fear Power
The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.Love People
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.Acceptance
You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.Humor Choice
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...Book
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.Smile Individuality
The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!History Art
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.Women
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does itWriter Writing
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.Emotions Art
Freely we serve Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not; in this we stand or fall.Love Poetry
Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke... She will need her sisterhood.Courage Women
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.Courage
Turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you...Humor Insult
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.Wisdom
I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me... don't forget those who fell during the nighttime.Light
Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something.Goal Inspirational Action
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.Expectation Ignorance
Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birth right of all. Labor is the real sustainer of society, the sovereignty of the ultimate destiny of the workers.Society
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.History Philosophy Politics
Freedom is a Benediction if you are aware, Freedom is a curse if you are unaware. Humanity is suffering the Freedom, not Bondage, there is a way out of Bondage, there is no way out of Freedom.Humanity Suffering
If you remain a compulsive creature, you cannot call yourself a full-fledged human being, only when you are able to do everything by choice can you call yourself a human beingWisdom Being human Choice
you shouldn't stand in a line of resentful people. You should stand alone in true freedom. Freedom doesn't come because of political processes or economic processes. Freedom comes when nobody can incite an unnecessary quality in you, no matter what they do.Wisdom
A Tiger is not making an attempt to be a good tiger, if he just eats well, he is a good tiger,everything else is fixed within him by nature, when you are born as a human being whether you grow up into a good human being or terrible one is left to youNature
You don't take anybody's values, anybody's morals, anybody's ethics, just as a human being as you breathe, eat, live, just be conscious and act sensibly, you will be a wonderful human being.Wisdom Morality Consciousness
In search of wellbeing, we have done all kinds of insane things on this planet, but wellbeing has not happened. If wellbeing is what you seek, in is the only way out.Spirituality
You should have this freedom within you: 'Even if I go to hell, I will live well.'Short Joy
Once your way of being is not determined by anything outside of you, then there is no such thing as loneliness - but you will enjoy your aloneness.Loneliness One liners Joy
Renunciation essentially means you are working towards your freedom, from compulsiveness to consciousness.Consciousness
Every social group is built on identifications. The basis of spiritual process is to learn to live without an identityWisdom Society Spirituality
Do not do what you like, do what the world needs, doing what you like is not freedom. Likes and dislikes are compulsive
When you are a human being, the upper line is gone. But a bird which has been in a cage for a long time will not fly even if you open the door. It has forgotten that there's something called freedom, flying and living.Truth Being human Mind
The essential possibility of being human is that we can act out of our intelligence, love, and compassion, rather than out of compulsionsLove Being human Compassion
Meditation means to become absolutely aware. It is the only way to be completely freeShort Meditation
The moment you ascribe who you are right now to what happened yesterday, you have written off your lifeLimitation Moment
Only if you are joyful, you can be free from the fruits of actionWisdom Action
When you exist here only as a body and a mind, suffering is inevitable. Meditation means to go beyond the limitations of your body and mind.Mind Meditation Liberation Limitation
Moralistic fools have closed their eyes to the filth within; that doesn't mean they are free from it.Morality
Don't live here as a slave to anything, whatever it might be. Instead, learn to live consciously. Whether it is coffee, or cigarettes, or God
Even though all the sense organs seem like an access to freedom and pleasure, they are in fact, limitingLimitation
[About maligning of Sex by some religions] Religion means freedom. How can there be liberation, how can there be freedom when you cannot even accept the biology of a human being?Religion Acceptance
If people choose to make misery out of themselves, what can be done? That's not Creation's fault. Creation just gave you the freedom so that you could go beyond.Creation People
For those who are trapped in limitations, dispassion is a fearful thing. For those who consciously go into it, dispassion is the ultimate freedom.Limitation
Bitcoin is a tool for freeing humanity from oligarchs and tyrants, dressed up as a get-rich-quick schemeHumanity
A taste of freedom can make you unemployableAttitude
The good life is the fruit of understanding, freedom from care, and effortless self-discipline.Understanding
Relinquishing attachment to the fruits of work, always contented, independent of material rewards, the wise do not perform any binding action even in the midst of activitiesWisdom Action Bhagavad gita
It is not the technique of meditation alone that will bring you freedom; your character must be strong and pure. Your whole life and behavior must be in harmony with the laws of truth.Truth Character Meditation
Evolution and reincarnation are methods of propelling all creation toward final freedom in Spirit, held no longer under the natural law of death.Creation Spirit
we would not be human if we did not miss loved ones; but in feeling lonesome for them we don't want selfish attachment to be the cause of keeping them earthbound. Extreme sorrow prevents a departed soul from going ahead toward greater peace and freedomLove Peace Relationship Soul
True freedom consists in performing all actions - eating, reading, working, and so forth - in accordance with right judgment and choice of will, not in being compelled by habitsChoice Habit Judgement Action
You are in a cocoon of your own bad habits, and you must be freed to spread its wings of beautiful divine qualities.Habit
The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.Creation
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.Poetry
She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city
We have chosen to live with the compulsions of the less evolved creatures on this planet. With animal-like compulsions we want to live. We don't want to live consciously. I'm not saying live this way or that way. Whatever the hell you do, you do it by choice and consciously, that's all - knowing the full implications of what it meansBeing human Choice
Sadhana is towards creating a sense of inner fulfillment, where there is no need to lean on anyone or anythingYoga Spirituality
Freedom of speech is enshrined in our Constitution so that we use it to build the nation, not dismantle the nation. Every citizen should be aware of this responsibilityResponsibility
You must enjoy every association and company that you seek, but you do not have to get stuck to anythingRelationship Wisdom
Whether you are compulsive about food, an activity, or people - it is not a question of right or wrong, but one of bondage or freedomQuestion Food
Your problem is just this- you have an intelligence for which you don't have a stable enough platform and that's why yoga, to create a stable platform so that your intelligence works for youProblems Yoga Intelligence
You always think love means to hold. No. Love means to liberate and push forthLove Short Liberation
If you want to become free, you should never think of freedom. Only look at the ropes which bind youPerspective
Children are happy because: 1) They're not self-conscious 2) They lack a sense of time pressure 3) They've no goals. The bottom line is they are living from moment to moment, and the mind is not there to interfere in their bliss.Happiness Children
Code, money, guns, and encryption are all becoming speech. The first amendment is the last word on freedom.Money
You want to be free, but accountable.Short
The more neatly you fit into society, the less free you actually are.Short Society
The reason to win the game is so that you can be free of it.Short
If you want to live in the future, live in the freest place around. Because eventually, all of the innovators and creators will show up there.Future
Better bored than busy.Short
The world ends for us when we are free from desiresDesire World
When a dear one dies, instead of grieving unreasonably, realize that he has gone on to a higher plane at the will of God, and that God knows what is best for him. Rejoice that he is freeDeath God
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.Hope
"There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it."
Only a true guru is empowered by God to establish with disciples a divine relationship by which he leads those in his care out of the common sheepfold of delusion to freedomGod
She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.
There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.Women Advice
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
"Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you."Humor Literature
To die hating them, that was freedom.Hate
Right now, what human beings are suffering is not their bondage, they are suffering their freedom. If you suffer your bondage, that is alright, but if you suffer your freedom that is a tragedy 
The walls of protection we build around ourselves to protect from external threat become the very walls of self-imprisonment 
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. 
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were. 
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. 
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. 
Those who are very interested in leaving their footprints on the planet, they shall never fly. 
No one keeps you deluded but yourself, and no one but yourself can free you. You have no enemy greater than yourself, and no greater friend. 
Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty. 
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. 
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. 
Human beings are not suffering their bondage, they are suffering their freedom 
The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatly wrapped lies 
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. 
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. 
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. 
Freedom is what we do with what is done to us. 
If someone else determines what happens within you, it is the worst form of slavery 
Only that person who does not carry the previous moment to this moment, is free from everything 
The way to freedom is through service to others. 
The sea does not like to be restrained. 
She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. 
You see, freedom has a way of destroying things. 
You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. 
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. 
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life. 
In mediocrity, there is comfort, but no joy. In going beyond your limits, there is joy, but maybe no comfort. You have to choose. 
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. 
We are the only creature on the planet which has the freedom to shape its own life. It's this freedom which human beings are suffering. If one is suffering bondages then it's not a problem. If one is suffering freedom then it's a disaster 
Having expectations of others means you are trying to fix their lives. Don't do that. Fix your own life - that is freedom 
The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it. 
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself 
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning. 
If you lock yourself from inside or outside, it's the same thing. As long as you don't open the door there is no difference whether somebody locked you from outside or you locked yourself from inside. Anyway you are imprisoned, If somebody locked you from outside, you can at least complain & scream. You locked yourself from inside, you can only be depressed 
Now, all your vehicles are on self start, isn't it? But what is most vital to your life, your peacefulness, your joyfulness, your love, your blissfulness, everything is on push start right now. I am talking about upgrading technologies, Isn't it important that your joy, your love, your blissfulness is on self start? 
Mukti means liberation. Liberation means essentially to become free from yourself - because you are the only nuisance in your life 
If you're smart enough, you will make arrangements that support you, not arrangement that entangle you 
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves
If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same.
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.
If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.
When you consciously rise above your likes and dislikes, that's maturity.
Without the necessary awareness, freedom is dangerous
The fear of suffering makes your life a half step. Freedom from the fear of suffering is needed for a full-stride life
If you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change.
Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.
The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, Where knowledge is free... into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world
The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.
To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he is vigilant in its preservation.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.
For most people, love means, 'You must do what I want.' No, love means, they can do what they want, and we still love them
Being able to shower affection on anyone without having a need for affection yourself - that's freedom
Discipline does not mean control. Discipline means having the sense to do exactly what is needed.
People have a completely messed up idea of what freedom is. Giving in to your compulsions is not freedom
People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles can't fathom.
Free people make free choices. Free choices mean you get unequal outcomes. You can have freedom, or you can have equal outcomes. You can't have both
The measure of wealth is freedom. The measure of health is lightness. The measure of intellect is judgment. The measure of wisdom is silence. The measure of love is peace.
Renunciants who are desireless and wrathless, mind-controlled, and Self-realized, are completely free both in this world and in the beyond.
Those whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who have mastered the mind, and are free from desires by the practice of renunciation, attain the highest perfection of freedom from action
God is not your judge; you are your own judge. If you act wrongly, you are going to punish yourself. If you act rightly, you will free yourself.
I enjoy everything, but I have no desire for anything, so there is never any pain or disappointment from unfulfillment. Whatever I do, wherever I go, I enjoy myself.
Even if you were to flee to the jungle, your old habits would be with you still. You can't run away from them, so you may as well strive to overcome them. Clear out the jungle of your wrong habits. Then you will be free
Your mind is like a bird that has been locked in a cage for many years. It fears liberty. Yet, freedom is its birthright.
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. With this constructive attitude, you will attain freedom.
No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it
There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.
Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.
Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.
I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
Freely we serve Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not; in this we stand or fall.
Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke... She will need her sisterhood.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me... don't forget those who fell during the nighttime.
Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birth right of all. Labor is the real sustainer of society, the sovereignty of the ultimate destiny of the workers.
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.
The function of freedom is to free someone else.
Freedom is a Benediction if you are aware, Freedom is a curse if you are unaware. Humanity is suffering the Freedom, not Bondage, there is a way out of Bondage, there is no way out of Freedom.
If you remain a compulsive creature, you cannot call yourself a full-fledged human being, only when you are able to do everything by choice can you call yourself a human being
you shouldn't stand in a line of resentful people. You should stand alone in true freedom. Freedom doesn't come because of political processes or economic processes. Freedom comes when nobody can incite an unnecessary quality in you, no matter what they do.
A Tiger is not making an attempt to be a good tiger, if he just eats well, he is a good tiger,everything else is fixed within him by nature, when you are born as a human being whether you grow up into a good human being or terrible one is left to you
You don't take anybody's values, anybody's morals, anybody's ethics, just as a human being as you breathe, eat, live, just be conscious and act sensibly, you will be a wonderful human being.
If ignorance doesn't bring suffering to you, why would you seek enlightenment?
In search of wellbeing, we have done all kinds of insane things on this planet, but wellbeing has not happened. If wellbeing is what you seek, in is the only way out.
Once your way of being is not determined by anything outside of you, then there is no such thing as loneliness - but you will enjoy your aloneness.
Renunciation essentially means you are working towards your freedom, from compulsiveness to consciousness.
Every social group is built on identifications. The basis of spiritual process is to learn to live without an identity
Do not do what you like, do what the world needs, doing what you like is not freedom. Likes and dislikes are compulsive
Don't hold any ideas about yourself or anybody, just look at everything the way it is - you'll merge with everything
When you are a human being, the upper line is gone. But a bird which has been in a cage for a long time will not fly even if you open the door. It has forgotten that there's something called freedom, flying and living.
Only a person who is willing to die can live totally
The essential possibility of being human is that we can act out of our intelligence, love, and compassion, rather than out of compulsions
Meditation means to become absolutely aware. It is the only way to be completely free
The moment you ascribe who you are right now to what happened yesterday, you have written off your life
Once there is a distance between you and your thought process, a new freedom is born. With this freedom, a new perception arises
When you exist here only as a body and a mind, suffering is inevitable. Meditation means to go beyond the limitations of your body and mind.
Meditation means ultimate freedom within you
Moralistic fools have closed their eyes to the filth within; that doesn't mean they are free from it.
Don't live here as a slave to anything, whatever it might be. Instead, learn to live consciously. Whether it is coffee, or cigarettes, or God
Even though all the sense organs seem like an access to freedom and pleasure, they are in fact, limiting
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[About maligning of Sex by some religions] Religion means freedom. How can there be liberation, how can there be freedom when you cannot even accept the biology of a human being?
If people choose to make misery out of themselves, what can be done? That's not Creation's fault. Creation just gave you the freedom so that you could go beyond.
For those who are trapped in limitations, dispassion is a fearful thing. For those who consciously go into it, dispassion is the ultimate freedom.
Bitcoin is a tool for freeing humanity from oligarchs and tyrants, dressed up as a get-rich-quick scheme
A taste of freedom can make you unemployable
The good life is the fruit of understanding, freedom from care, and effortless self-discipline.
Relinquishing attachment to the fruits of work, always contented, independent of material rewards, the wise do not perform any binding action even in the midst of activities
It is not the technique of meditation alone that will bring you freedom; your character must be strong and pure. Your whole life and behavior must be in harmony with the laws of truth.
Evolution and reincarnation are methods of propelling all creation toward final freedom in Spirit, held no longer under the natural law of death.
we would not be human if we did not miss loved ones; but in feeling lonesome for them we don't want selfish attachment to be the cause of keeping them earthbound. Extreme sorrow prevents a departed soul from going ahead toward greater peace and freedom
True freedom consists in performing all actions - eating, reading, working, and so forth - in accordance with right judgment and choice of will, not in being compelled by habits
You are in a cocoon of your own bad habits, and you must be freed to spread its wings of beautiful divine qualities.
The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.
She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
We have chosen to live with the compulsions of the less evolved creatures on this planet. With animal-like compulsions we want to live. We don't want to live consciously. I'm not saying live this way or that way. Whatever the hell you do, you do it by choice and consciously, that's all - knowing the full implications of what it means
Sadhana is towards creating a sense of inner fulfillment, where there is no need to lean on anyone or anything
Freedom of speech is enshrined in our Constitution so that we use it to build the nation, not dismantle the nation. Every citizen should be aware of this responsibility
Do what really matters to you in life. Whatever it is, it should be worthy of you
You must enjoy every association and company that you seek, but you do not have to get stuck to anything
Whether you are compulsive about food, an activity, or people - it is not a question of right or wrong, but one of bondage or freedom
Your problem is just this- you have an intelligence for which you don't have a stable enough platform and that's why yoga, to create a stable platform so that your intelligence works for you
You always think love means to hold. No. Love means to liberate and push forth
If you want to become free, you should never think of freedom. Only look at the ropes which bind you
Children are happy because: 1) They're not self-conscious 2) They lack a sense of time pressure 3) They've no goals. The bottom line is they are living from moment to moment, and the mind is not there to interfere in their bliss.
Code, money, guns, and encryption are all becoming speech. The first amendment is the last word on freedom.
You want to be free, but accountable.
The reason to win the game is so that you can be free of it.
If you want to live in the future, live in the freest place around. Because eventually, all of the innovators and creators will show up there.
Better bored than busy.
When a dear one dies, instead of grieving unreasonably, realize that he has gone on to a higher plane at the will of God, and that God knows what is best for him. Rejoice that he is free
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.
"There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it."
Only a true guru is empowered by God to establish with disciples a divine relationship by which he leads those in his care out of the common sheepfold of delusion to freedom
She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.
There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.
My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
"Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you."
To die hating them, that was freedom.