Quotes About Freedom

Spook stood up as nonchalantly as he could, then fled into the night.

When you can't have both freedom and safety, what do you choose?

A woman's strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses it to be, but in the power to choose that role. It is amazing to me that I even have to make this point, as I see it as the very foundation of our conversation.

You don't get to choose to be free, Venli. Just which master to follow.

ALL RIGHT," BREEZE SAID, "so does somebody want to speculate on how our team's spy ended up becoming a pseudo-religious vigilante freedom fighter?

protect us from small-minded men with too much power.

The sea was so open, so welcoming. Pay her a little respect, and she would carry you anywhere you wished to go. She'd even feed you along the way and lull you to sleep with her songs at night.

This isn't your prison. This is mine.

fight for no king and for all of them.

No obliguéis a la gente a hacer honor a vuestros sueños sobre quiénes podrían ser.

What is a just punishment for enslaving my entire race?

I think it can be fun to be single and date-like when you don't want a relationship. Or when you've just gotten out of a relationship, and, after get over the initial shock, your thinking, Hey, it's kind of cool being single.

when I'm prioritizing being liked over being free, I was much sweeter but less authentic. Now I'm kinder and less judgmental. But also firmer and more solid. Occasionally salty.

And often the result of daring greatly isn't a victory march as much as it is a quiet sense of freedom mixed with a little battle fatigue.

Until both men and women are allowed to be who we are rather than who we are supposed to be, it will be impossible to achieve freedom and equality.

A wild heart is not something you can always see -- and yet it is our greatest spiritual possession.

Nelson Mandela wrote, "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

In an interview with Bill Moyers that aired on public television in 1973, Dr. Angelou said: You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

When we don't give ourselves permission to be free, we rarely tolerate that freedom in others. We put them down, make fun of them, ridicule their behaviors, and sometimes shame them. We can do this intentionally or unconsciously. Either way the message is, "Geez, man. Don't be so uncool.

Joy is sudden, unexpected, short-lasting, and high-intensity. It's characterized by a connection with others, or with God, nature, or the universe. Joy expands our thinking and attention, and it fills us with a sense of freedom and abandon.

Panic, anxiety, fear, and hysteria, followed by freedom, pride, and amazement—then a little more panic.

É incrível a quantidade de energia que gastamos tentando evitar esses territórios difíceis da alma, quando eles são os únicos que podem nos libertar.

Connection to a larger humanity gives people more freedom to express their individuality without fear of jeopardizing belonging.

They want to be a part of something --to experience real connection with others-- but not at the cost of their authenticity, freedom or power.