Quotes About Freedom

Y por qué no me quedé allí y no morir? Era el sueño de la más alta muerte, el sueño de morir haciendo el poema en un espacio ceremonial donde palabras como amor, poesía y libertad eran actos de cuerpo vivo.

Yo no sé de pájaros, no conozco la historia del fuego. Pero creo que mi soledad debería tener alas.

Dígalo, dígalo sin miedo; tal como va el mundo todos los que no somos imbéciles necesitamos estar un poco locos.

el ave del espiritu debe liberarse de la jaula racional

Por primera vez descubrí la dulzura de ser yo mismo, sin estar deformado por el dolor o el miedo.

El árbol decidió viajar. Cuando logró desprenderse de la tierra, se dio cuenta de que sus ramas eran raíces celestes.

Cuando uno deja de obedecer los dictados universitarios, todos los enfoques tienen algo que ofrecer." -Metageneaología-

La libertà non è la ribellione ma piuttosto la pratica di una fantasia senza limiti all'interno delle restrizione imposte dal potere.

Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.

This is true freedom: to be capable of leaving ourselves, crossing the boundaries of our little world to open up the universe.

Do not become attached to anything that can destroy you in the course of time.

No podemos seguir pidiendo perdón por vivir.

No acepto ya la condición de Hombre-Avispa, de Hombre-Ninguno, ni admito que el ritmo de mi existencia sea marcado por el mazo de un cómitre.

She could slip out of her shoes and leave them right here, stuck in the muck, and then get rid of her dress and everything else: her mind, her life, her pain. The abandon of having nothing to lose, the freedom of being divested of all earthly burdens, ready for the Messiah, or death. Everything is attracted by its end.

Still, it was fair to say that the minimum requirement for a truly enjoyable existence would be unbridled promiscuity.

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.

Muista, että parempi tippuvan räystään alla kuin yhteenliitettynä häijyn ämmän kanssa.

La hora de dejar la casa nos duele en el alma como le duele a la liebre abandonar el chaparral donde ha nacido.

the true choice is between losing it all and creating what we are about to lose: only this could eventually save us, in a profound sense . . . The possible awakening of the bomb is not simply 'let's do all in our power to prevent it before it's too late', but rather 'let's first build this totality (unity, community, freedom) that we are about to lose through the bomb.

If the bird was made, it chose to be made. It's here because it chooses to be with you.

Ours is the "land of the free"—nobody denies that—nobody challenges it. (Maybe it is because we won't let other people testify.) —Roughing It, 1872, ch. 54 (commenting on mistreatment of Chinese in the West)