Quotes About Freedom

I've always wanted to sail to the south seas, but I can't afford it." What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security." And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone.

Censorship in the schools that denies intellectual freedom to teachers robs the student of that same freedom. And the freedom to learn is clearly no less precious than the freedom to teach.

Onshore, Aguinaldo's rebel forces gained control of all the countryside except Manila, and he declared independence on June 12, 1898. Filipinos became the first Asians to throw off European colonialism. It was instantly replaced by American colonialism.

Sé tu propio palacio, o la cárcel de tu mundo." - John Donne

Una relación amorosa es aquella en que el ser querido es libre de ser él mismo. De reír conmigo, pero nunca de mí. A llorar conmigo, pero nunca por mí. Amar la vida, amarse a sí mismo y amar al ser amado. Tal relación se basa en la libertad y nunca puede crecer en un corazón celoso. LEO F. BUSCAGLIA, ESCRITOR

Why are people so fascinated by how to eat Valomilks?' She said, 'Well, Dad, they're round and they're messy. But that's what makes them fun. Once we get older we're not supposed to be messy anymore. But for one moment when you're eating a Valomilk, it's okay to be messy again.

Oppression evolves, like everything else.

The great thing about being ignored is that you can speak the truth with impunity.

Freedom in cyberspace'd be fine and dandy if we happened to live there.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.

Nem?žeme pták?m žalu zabránit, aby nám prolétli životem, ale nemusíme jim dovolit, aby se nám uhnízdili ve vlasech!

You cannot keep a man down without staying down with him.

The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed

I write what I like

What Black Consciousness seeks to do is to produce real black people who do not regard themselves as appendages to white society. We do not need to apologise for this because it is true that the white systems have produced through the world a number of people who are not aware that they too are people.

Amabhulu azizinja

L'arme la plus puissantes entre les mains de l'oppresseur est l'esprit de l'opprimé.

No group, however benevolent, can ever hand power to the vanquished on a plate.

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.

It is so freeing to realize that we don't have anything to prove or to protect. We don't have to fix anything. God doesn't need any help. He did fine before we came along and will do fine long after we're gone. The great thing about being a Christian is that you can forgive, love, and encourage 'em all, and then let God sort it out.

Love in response to goodness isn't love, but reward. Fortunately for us, that's not God's way. Our relationship with God is not a matter of reward, but of love. And that's why we can enjoy such staggering freedom in his presence.

If you worship a God who is out to get you, you will never be free … free to cuss and spit, free to move to joyous acceptance, and free to get on with your life.

Perfectionism will make you sour, mean, and judgmental, and it will rob you of the freedom Jesus died to give you.