Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
Quotations
Freedom
Freedom is realizing you have a choice.
-T. F. Hodge
"From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with The Divine Presence"
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
-Abraham Lincoln
Ignorance is ultimately the worst enemy of a people who want to be free.
-Jonathan Hennessey
"The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation"
Freedom is only the freedom to say no.
-Jean Paul Sartre
When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.
-Joel Salatin
"Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front"
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
-Ambrose Bierce
Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.
-Bill Moyers
