Dissident Natan Sharansky writes that there are two kinds of states — “fear societies” and “free societies,” two kinds of consciousness. The consciousness derived of oppression is despairing, fatalistic, and fearful of inquiry. It is...

man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even from his freedom; that is, he can surrender his humanity

There is but one task for all –One life for each to give.What stands if Freedom fall?”[For All We Have and Are]

Vigilance enables wisdom and is the key to freewill

Look deep into your own eyes so you may see your greatness and recognize the gifts that you were uniquely placed on this planet to learn from, to share, and to teach.

She scissored the curls away, and – toms, grow easily sentimental over their haircuts, but I remember this sensation very vividly – it was not like she was cutting hair, it was as if I...

SCREW CHILDREN! That’s the mantra of the world. Instead of burying them with a national debt, shoving them in shitty schools, drugging them if they don’t comply, hitting them, yelling at them, indoctrinating them with...

Your mind will enchain you. Your heart will set you free

A liberdade – difícil e trágica liberdade – já não é mais o espaço de que o individuo necessita para praticar a aquisição da dignidade humana; é antes a perda dessa dignidade a favor da...

In Washington Square, one could still feel the characters of Henry James and the presence of the author himself. Entering the perimeters of the white arch, one was greeted by the sounds of bongos and...

The greatest mistake we can make is to stay on the ground after falling.

The fragrance of meditation is enlightenment.

Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is its ultimate reward

P29 – the oppressed, having internalised the image of the oppressor and adopted his guideline are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this image and replace it with autonomy and responsibility.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Lebanese freedom of speech : You get to say whatever you like as long as the authorities approve of it… Hilarious.

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.

There is coming a day, when freedom will just be a essence of the mind, an inner dwelling that was once physically attainable. They will tell you where you can live, and what you can...

To win or lose often depends on set parameters. Expand the bounds of what is possible, and you may come out the true winner, outside the confines of its defining.

The only thing crueler than a cage sosmall that a bird can’t fly is a cage solarge that a bird thinks it can fly.

The process of discovering your fearless self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to look at the rules you have that govern your freedom.

There is no freedom without bravery.

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they seldom use

Creativity flourishes where there is freedom.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,...

No nation’s flag is great or glorious if it flies over the weak and downtrodden, even if they raise and protect it out of misguided allegiance.

Freedom is never very safe.

It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world....

Between stimulus, or what happens to us or has ever happened to us, and our response, lies our power and freedom to choose. In those choices lie our growth and happiness.

…there is therefore now no condemnation for two reasons: you are dead now; and God, as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, has been dead all along. The blame game was over...

Grab your pen! Grab your sword! Eviscerate small minds with pinpoint force of mental might. Victory is in horizon’s sight!

Gods have become like us, ergo, we have become like gods. And to you, my unknown planetary readers, we will come to you, to make your life as divinely rational and exact as ours.

Democracy is the best revenge.

Freedom, the first-born of science.

Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be…free.

It is not a person or situation that affects your life; it is the meaning you give to that person or situation, which influences your emotions and actions. Your choice is to change the meaning...

(about William Blake)[Blake] said most of us mix up God and Satan. He said that what most people think is God is merely prudence, and the restrainer and inhibitor of energy, which results in fear...

The Beloved is Always There, Actively Seeking You.

Freedom is a length of rope. God wants you to hang yourself with it.

Beat you to the top of the mountain”, followed by the funnest sprint of both of your lives.

Free your mind from the prison of your past. Time has allowed you to grow and develop into the person you’re meant to be. Now, you are living a purposed filled life.

Income inequality has no necessary connection with poverty, the lack of material resources for a decent life, such as adequate food, shelter, and clothing. A society with great income inequality may have no poor people,...

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to...

We still (sometimes) remember that we cannot be free if our minds and voices are controlled by someone else. But we have neglected to understand that we cannot be free if our food and its...

In the dark, neglected gutter running the length of a nearby secluded side street lies a small, lifeless bird. This is the blackcap – the unaccustomed northern nightingale – a creature with a charcoal greyness...

Now it was done. He was free of Xanth forever. Free to make his own life, without being ridiculed or mothered or tempted. Free to be himself.Bink put his face in his hands and cried.

The land of the free full of freedom is the home of the brave.

It is more important to be free than to be happy.

… how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!