Quotes About Freedom

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men arecreated different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy inseeking to become like each other. DAVID RIESMAN, The Lonely Crowd

I realized I was waiting for his permission to leave

A bad boy can be very good for a girl.

Bonds are made to be broken, he said. Just like rules.

Why should I? What do you promise me? Nothing. And everything. A life of danger and adventure. A chance to be yourself. Leave him. Come with me.

I don't want to make the same mistakes I've made before. I want to be free. I want to be with you. We will be together. I believe I will have less to live for, if I am not with you.

Tonight the world is yours, as am I

wonder how a country so divided can stand?" "We will only stand if we learn to accept and even embrace each other's differences rather than allow them to divide us. It is a childish fantasy to expect everyone to agree all the time, but how much better to live in a country where one is free to think differently from one's neighbors, and even one's government, without risking life and limb.

But if you do love him, leave him, Schuyler. Release him. Tell him you don't want him anymore. Its the only way he'll let go. -Mimi

Magic is an honor, until it's a shackle.

If I could go back to my girlhood and its freedom, I would. But that's never possible: life pushes us forward, into more complications than we ever imagined as children.

That was the thing about leaving home, she guessed. Once you'd made your way out into the world, once you'd left the darkness of the cave, it was hard to go back.

I have no doubt that slavery as an institution will eventually be banished

Why us? How did we luck into this life? How is that fair? To be born into a life without a choice in the matter, without the freedom to be anyone else?

These men know that I go to battle because I believe in the United States of America.

You have to be as relaxed as possible about food and fitness and the rest of it, or you'll be a slave to your beauty habits ... You may have great skin, but you'll become a robot.

Dancing had been how I knew I was alive. How I knew I was me. Without it, I somehow... wasn't.

You had to draw lines, and that choice was in itself dangerous; all boundaries had a double edge, were like swords that could always be turned against you in the end. But you still had to choose.

Freedom is having a choice to make, to be who we want to be.

For each of us, there comes a time to let go. You will know when that time has come. When you have done all that you can do, it is time to detach. Deal with your feelings. Face your fears about losing control. Gain control of yourself and your responsibilities. Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free. ACTIVITY Is there an event or person in your life that you are trying to control? Why? Write a few paragraphs about it.

The rewards from detachment are great: serenity; a deep sense of peace; the ability to give and receive love in self-enhancing, energizing ways; and the freedom to find real solutions to our problems. We find the freedom to live our own lives without excessive feelings of guilt about, or responsibility toward others.

Map Your Own Journey Go on your own journey. Don't let others hold you back; don't hold them back. Don't judge their journey, and don't let them judge yours. All persons are free to have the experiences their souls lead them to.

Today, I will apply the concept of detachment, to the best of my ability, in my relationships. If I can't let go completely, I'll try to "hang on loose.

God, help me let go of my need to deprive myself of being alive.