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Quotes About Freedom

We are each responsible for our own life-no other person can be.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Everything you blame, you're stuck with. Bless it. Wish it well. Wish it its own freedom, and it will be very powerful in the way that it will not come back to you. If you don't forgive it, if you don't bless it, if you don't wish it well, the energy will just be magnetically drawn back to you because it's looking for resolution. All negative energy that we've inherited, it's there because it's looking for resolution. — Adyashanti
~ Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness is about letting go of the past and not holding on to it
~ Oprah Winfrey
As long as other people's opinions matter more than your own, you're owned by them. You're not even free.
~ Oprah Winfrey
What I know for sure is that every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and step out and dance—to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt. You
~ Oprah Winfrey
Books, for me, have always been a way to escape. They were my path to personal freedom. I actually learned to read at the age of three, and once I did, I quickly learned that there was a whole world beyond my grandmother's farm in Mississippi.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You have a choice. Enjoy yourself.
~ Oprah Winfrey
If you're holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you're wasting your time.
~ Oprah Winfrey
and I believe that education is the door to freedom
~ Oprah Winfrey
Der Schriftsteller Neale Donald Walsch schreibt: Solange du dir darüber Sorgen machst, was andere von dir denken, gehörst du ihnen. Nur wenn du keine Zustimmung von außen brauchst, kannst Dur dir selbst gehören.
~ Oprah Winfrey
books were my pass to personal freedom
~ Oprah Winfrey
In the beginning the point was not to have a point, to escape the world in which everyone had to have a job, a desk, an office.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Contrary to popular opinion, a man can shut love out if he wants to. But to do so, he must free himself not only from the woman who has bewitched him but also from the third person in the story, the ghost who has put temptation in his way.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Sizin saç?n?z?n k?rm?z?s? doÄŸuÅŸtan, benimki ise kendi karar?m dedim hemen an?nda.
~ Orhan Pamuk
But in my rebellious way I think that people have to be able to start over, just as I believed that a little girl has to be able to stay an innocent child her whole life long if she wants to
~ Orhan Pamuk
Evet, bana göre buras?, yani doÄŸu, karanl???n ve köleliÄŸin ülkesidir. Bundan ne demek istediÄŸimi anlatm??t?m. Bundan burada insanlar?n özgür olmad???n?, biraz metafizik bir dille söylersek, burada ruhlar?n tutsak olduÄŸunu söylemek istiyorum.
~ Orhan Pamuk
When there is no one to observe us, the other self we keep hidden inside can come out and do as it pleases. But when you have a father near enough to keep an eye on you, that second self remains buried within.
~ Orhan Pamuk
en el país de los infieles francos todos los perros tienen dueño. Al parecer los pasean por las calles arrastrándolos con cadenas al cuello como si fueran los más miserables esclavos. Dicen que además introducen a esos pobres perros a sus casas y que incluso los meten en sus camas. ... No son cosas que los francos puedan comprender el que los perros paseemos en manadas y gavillas por la calles de nuestro Estambul...
~ Orhan Pamuk
Although everyone knew it as freedom from the laws of Islam, no one was quite sure what else westernization was good for.
~ Orhan Pamuk
No era en absoluto de esos padres que riñen, prohíben y castigan. Especialmente en los primeros años de mi infancia, cuando salía por ahí y jugaba con él, sentía que el mundo era un lugar divertido al que el hombre venía para ser feliz.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Peki özgürlüÄŸü kim istiyor? Devlet istemiyor! Tüccarlar buna fazla merakl? deÄŸiller. Toprak aÄŸalar? nefret ediyor! Köylüler duymam??. BaÅŸka kim var? İşçiler?.. Bir de ben! Hah, hah...
~ Orhan Pamuk
Pero nuestros cerebros se parecen a un glotón que continuamente buscara historias para engullirlas. ¡Tenemos que librarnos de esa afición a los cuentos! Y entonces seremos libres. ¡Entonces veremos el mundo tal y como es!
~ Orhan Pamuk
Roman sanat?n? canl? tutan ÅŸey, yazar ile okur aras?nda ortak bir kurmaca anlay???n?n olmas? deÄŸil, olmamas?d?r. Bu anlaÅŸmazl?k ve aynalar aras?na düÅŸme duygusu, roman sanat?n? Decartesç? düÅŸüncenin d???na ta??r ve insanl???n düÅŸünme, hayal etme, herkesi, her ÅŸeyi özgürce anlama özlemine seslenir.
~ Orhan Pamuk
I thought: I am most completely myself when nobody's watching. I had only just begun to discover this truth. When there is no one to observe us, the other self we keep hidden inside can come out and do as it pleases. But when you have a father near enough to keep an eye on you, that second self remains buried within.
~ Orhan Pamuk