Either man is wholly determined or else man is wholly free.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Quotations
Freedom
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
Freedom is only the freedom to say no.
-Jean Paul Sartre
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
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 never given; it is won.
-A. Philip Randolph
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
-Malcolm X
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
-Theodor W. Adorno
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
