Quotes About Freedom

The family is the test of freedom because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

Gilda's book ends with her acceptance of what I had called, in working with her, "delicious ambiguity," the freedom that comes with simply not knowing the outcome of every happening or happenstance.

If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.

If you're trapped in the dream of the Other, you're fucked.

The fundamental problem of political philosophy is still precisely the one that Spinoza saw so clearly (and that Wilhelm Reich rediscovered): Why do men fight for their servitude as stubbornly as though it were their salvation?

The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering.

To affirm is not to bear, carry, or harness oneself to that which exists, but on the contrary to unburden, unharness, and set free that which lives.

Compreende-se por que, numa sociedade de indivíduos destinados à autonomia privada o atrativo do Novo é tão vivo: ele é sentido como instrumento de "liberação" pessoal, como experiência a ser tentada e vivida, pequena aventura do Eu.

I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don't like showing their passports. It's becoming a scary place. It takes someone very brave not to be quiet, someone who doesn't mind death threats, their life being turned upside down, news cameras outside their door. There is no freedom of speech in America anymore. They are not living up to the constitution. There's so much fear in America and control.

The man who can keep order can rule the world, but the man who can bear disorder is truly free.

he was also banned even from engaging in conversation with two or more persons. He could not legally go to a child's birthday party any more than he could attend political rallies

A soul that is unbound is as mad as one with cemented borders.

We don't want to settle down anymore; we've been settled, like some western township, and now we want to kick up the dust and tear down the fences. Not only won't we settle down; we also won't settle for less than what we've always wanted: a good time and a fair fight.

Just because you've become tired of emotion, or outgrown it, doesn't mean it'll be simple to free yourself from it. It must be dismantled, not ignored.

Despite the convent walls, when I was writing, my mind was free.

Even the best cellmate on earth cannot change the fact that you are in prison.

The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free. —Margaret Atwood

freedom is only ever a fall without a net.

Maybe that, then, is the definition of freedom: to be neither protected by nor tethered to a man who can fix anything.

This, I came to understand, was what freedom tasted like. It wasn't a heady illusion in the safety of a time-shared bed, seeking the approval of the person whose heart you are breaking. It is being willing to have your own heart broken and not blaming the outcome on anyone. It is being an orphan, and love not being an obligation or prescription, but always a risky, transformative choice.

Here in London, however, without the manacle of her tragedies, divorced even from her name, her identity feels so light it might simply float away.

Is there a place you can go to break away for a little while? If you haven't yet built your tree house, it's never too late to start.

Whether by plane, bus or carpet, own the magic in your ride.