Quotes About Freedom

The old antiques dealer whispers to him that the secret of freedom and happiness lies in self-control and in a marriage between knowledge, will and power.

Les prisons les plus dangereuses sont celles dont on ne voit pas les barreaux.

The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality.

Invinciblement, quelque chose l'attirait là. Il était prisonnier de sa propre liberté. Il ne pouvait s'arrêter. Il était obnubilé par ce qu'il voyait.

At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.

think of the adventures on which she might embark.

People who want to be free from suffering need to cultivate an understanding of reality, the wisdom of ultimate truth, while developing the method side of the practice, which entails a thorough understanding of conventional truth. There is no other way.

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

The Bengalis saw endless bloodshed and trouble from 1947 to 1971 and this culminated in the Liberation War of 1971. The blood of 3 million Bengalis helped earn this freedom and also proved that religion could never be the foundation of a national identity. Language, culture and history provide the foundations for a national identity.

It was a wonderful feeling to be grown and yet young. To be married but not settled. To be tied down yet free.

She swiveled and we kissed like teenagers, making out under the bridge. It was a wonderful feeling to be grown and yet young. To be married but not settled. To be tied down yet free.

I was aware that she didn't belong to me. I didn't mean that, on paper at least, she was another's man's wife. If you knew her, you would know that she never belonged to him either. I'm not sure if she even realized it herself, but she's the kind of woman that will never belong to anyone.

Love is a maze. Once you get in it, you're pretty much trapped. Maybe you manage to claw your way out, but then what have you accomplished?

I wanted to live in a house with walls painted in various shades of blue and green, instead of the eggshell hue that screamed renter.

Son," my father said, gripping the dessert spoon like a pitchfork. "I have one thing to say to you, as a black man: Roy is a hostage of the state. He is a victim of America. The least you could do is unhand his wife when he gets back.

You could marry somebody else." I hardly got the words out. "It's legal." "When I want somebody else, I'll find somebody else," Big Roy said. "But if all I want is a meal, then I'll cook.

It was hard being behind bars when I turned thirty-five, but would it have been so hard if somebody told me that the next year I would be a free man? Time can't always be measured with a watch or a calendar or even grains of sand.

The dead end was considered a plus because we could play in the road without getting run over. Sometimes I envy the children today with all their tae kwon do, psychotherapy, and language immersion, but at the same time, I appreciate that back then being little meant you really didn't have to do anything but stay alive and have fun.

We teach people in order to open up their minds and release their captive powers. But we cannot predict the result. Freedom - we free their minds from superstition. We give the people the keys of the future to act therein as they wish.

Nadie es esclavo, por muy atado y encadenado que esté, hasta que admite que lo es.

Todos los hombres son esclavos. Ellos lo han querido así. Solo Dios puede liberarlos. Él, que les dio la libertad en el nacimiento, aunque ellos hayan renunciado siempre a ella y siempre renuncien.

Liberty, above all, has been the most profound ideal of Judeo-Christianity, liberty of mind and soul and body, a new concept among men. It is no wonder, then, that the foes of freedom first attack religion, which liberated mankind.

los hombres se convierten muy a menudo en esclavos de lo inmediato.

It is easier to crouch on your knees and be fed by government than it is to stand on your feet and find your own sustenance.