Quotes About Freedom

An adult should not be forced into marriage as a child is forced to eat his peas. Peas are only part of a meal. Marriage is a life's work.

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can.

love means breaking all the rules

But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you've told yourself about who you are so that you aren't trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you've been telling yourself about your life.

Frankl's book: "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

let go of the limiting stories you've told yourself about who you are so that you aren't trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you've been telling yourself about your life.

We feel completely stuck, trapped in our emotional cells, but there's a way out—as long as we're willing to see it.

therapy is about understanding the self that you are. But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you've told yourself about who you are so that you aren't trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you've been telling yourself about your life.

I'm reminded," he begins, "of a famous cartoon. It's of a prisoner, shaking the bars, desperately trying to get out—but to his right and left, it's open, no bars.

There's a biblical saying that translates roughly as 'First you will do, then you will understand.' Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and experience something before its meaning becomes apparent. It's one thing to talk about leaving behind a restrictive mindset. It's another to stop being so restrictive. The transfer of words into action, the freedom of it, made me want to carry the action outside the therapy room and into my life.

part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you've told yourself about who you are so that you aren't trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you've been telling yourself about your life.

particularly liked this line from Frankl's book: "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

the shutters, we both know in a bone-deep way that there's nothing else to say. I have a kid. He wants freedom. Kids and freedom are mutually exclusive. If the queen had balls, she'd be the king. Voilà—I had my presenting problem.

A spider reaches the liberty of space by means of its own thread.

Maybe because from the creative point of view there is nothing so dangerous as security.

Relax your expectations, in fact, purposely lower them so low that you feel excitedly naughty about showing up to perform your work with reckless abandon. If that's hard, open to doing it that way just 5%. Deliberately perform below your skill-level to get started and to see what ideas fall out of a relaxed approach. And in that choice you will create an world of joy within yourself, you'll truly be an artist of being alive.

No nation can be freer than its most oppressed, richer than its poorest, wiser than its most ignorant.

But this was just making her feel claustrophobic. They couldn't carry on like this; she was going to have to do something about it.

finally she feels free - not perfect, not problem free, just free

Obeying the rules might be smart, but it's not as nearly as much fun.

But dammit, she was tired. Tired of doing what was expected, tired of feeling like she was missing something.

New rule, he said. No more rules. She smiled. And if I agree to this 'no more rules,' what's in it for me? Me. She felt the smile burst bloom across her face. Well, if that's not the best offer I've ever had.

You have the right to remain silent. Otherwise, anything you say might be misquoted and used against you.

I gave up everything that didn't spark joy. Obsessive list-making. Kale. My high-stress job. My ex . . ." Harper was sure there was more, and if she hadn't given up list-making, she'd probably have it written down.