Quotes About Freedom

The point of cleaning for Pesach is to remember that we are leaving Egypt, leaving the things that constrict us spiritually.

Sometimes a person can become stunningly proficient with regard to certain dimensions of spiritual empowerment while under-emphasizing other aspects. In my way of thinking, the ultimate reason to experience liberation is to better serve others. And a sine qua non for effectively serving others is to be a decent person by the ordinary canons of society, or as my father would have put it, a mensch. Freedom should be manifested within clear ethical guidelines and an egalitarian feedback structure.

Freedom should be manifested within clear ethical guidelines and an egalitarian feedback structure. Informed

We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.

Liberty and justice for all" were beautiful words, but the ugly fact was that liberty and justice were only for white males.

Unless we start to fight and defeat the enemies in our own country, poverty and racism, and make our talk of equality and opportunity ring true, we are exposed in the eyes of the world as hypocrites when we talk about making people free.

Loneliness from time to time was the price of freedom, and freedom wasn't a stars and stripes, Boy Scout idea, it was doing what you damn well wanted to do—all the time.

I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it.

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.

We are free till we make choices. After that, the choice controls us and we have no more choice.

May you never know hunger May you love with a full heart The light burn in your eyes May the fire be your friend And the sea rock you gently May the moon light your way Till the wind sets you free

Tap?lmak, özgür olmak demek deÄŸildir. Çünkü tap?nma eylemi baÅŸka birisinin kafas?nda olmakt?r; o kafa da Erkek kafas?d?r. Böylece tarih boyunca, kültürün her evresi ve her türünde, kad?nlar bedensel iÅŸlevleri yüzünden ezilmiÅŸlerdir.

On the one hand, they had most of the legal freedoms, the literal assurance that they were considered full political citizens of society - and yet they had no power. They had educational opportunities - and yet were unable, and not expected, to employ them. They had freedoms of clothing and sex mores that they had demanded - and yet they were still sexually exploited.

The person who can freely acknowledge that life is full of difficulties can be free, because they are acknowledging the nature of life - that it can't be much else.

To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him.

When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.

When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves.

Concentration is not to try hard to watch something... Concentration means freedom... In zazen practice we say your mind should be concentrated on your breathing, but the way to keep your mind on your breathing is to forget all about yourself and just to sit and feel your breathing.

A Zen master once said, "To go eastward one mile is to go westward one mile." This is vital freedom. We should acquire this kind of perfect freedom.

As long as you have rules, you have a chance for freedom. To try to obtain freedom without being aware of the rules means nothing.

The best way to contorl people is to encourage them to be mischievous...To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they want, and watch them... To ignore them is not good; that is the worst policy. The second worst is trying to control them. The best one is to watch them, just to watch them, without trying to control them.

If you discriminate too much, you limit yourself.

So when you practice zazen, your mind should be concentrated on your breathing. This kind of activity is the fundamental activity of the universal being. Without this experience, this practice, it is impossible to attain absolute freedom.