A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Quotations
Freedom
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
-Bob Dylan
For 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.
-Nelson Mandela
Only free men can negotiate, prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
-Nelson Mandela
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Benjamin Franklin
Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
-Scarlett Thomas
"Going Out"
Freedom is from within.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
Freedom is not doing what we want, but what we should.
-Victor Manuel Rivera
"In Search of True Freedom"
...true freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
-Mortimer Jerome Adler
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