Quotes About Freedom

When the soul wants to depend upon nothing, not even upon life, that is the height of philosophy, the height of manhood.

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

All you have to do is think one happy thought, and you'll fly like me.

All things in the world of Nature are not controlled by Fate for the soul has a principle of its own.

There's no one way to dance. And that's kind of my philosophy about everything.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.

Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?

The triumph of the philosophy of Atheism is to free man from the nightmare of gods; it means the dissolution of the phantoms of the beyond.

My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.

Only by zealously guarding the rights of the most humble, the most unorthodox, and the most despised among us can freedom flourish and endure in our land.

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

My philosophy is TRUTH unto me. Through expressing my individuality I become free.

Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?

An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.

You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when I feel like it. I certainly don't use logic when I do it. Logic's the first thing you have to get rid of.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

All the progress we have made in philosophy ... is the result of that methodical skepticism which is the element of human freedom.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.