Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Quotations
Freedom
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.
-Anonymous
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Benjamin Franklin
...true freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
-Mortimer Jerome Adler
"How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information"
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
It is hard to find a man who has desire for what he has not tasted, or who tastes the world and is untouched. Here in the world some crave pleasure, some seek freedom but it is hard to find a man who wants neither. It is hard to find a man who has an open mind, who neither seeks nor shuns wealth or pleasure, duty or liberation, life or death…He does not want the world to end. He does not mind if it lasts. Whatever befalls him, He lives in happiness.
-Ashtavakra Gita "Ashtavakra Gita 17:4-7"
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
-Henry David Thoreau
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
When we awaken to our truth, we realize we are free.
-Kristi Bowman
"Journey to One: A Woman's Story of Emotional Healing and Spiritual Awakening"
