Quotes About Freedom

A life without swimming every day was not a life I wanted.

It was hard to accept that the first man in my life would do things that were to my disadvantage if they were to his advantage. Yet it was a revelation that somehow set me free.

Cuando una mujer tiene que encontrar una forma nueva de vivir y rompe con la historia social que ha borrado su nombre, se espera que se odie a sí misma atrozmente, que enloquezca de dolor, que llore arrepentida. Son las joyas reservadas para ella en la corona del patriarcado, siempre a su disposición. No faltan las lágrimas, pero es mejor atravesar la oscuridad negra y azulada que quedarse con esas joyas que nada valen

Capitalism sold a flat white to me as if it were a cup of freedom.

painting was not so much an art movement as a mission to free people from material concerns.

There are all kinds of ways to be in the world. And no matter what has happened to us, or what we have been told, or what we have believed, we get to choose our way.

When the State silences freedom of assembly and freedom to dissent, it silences the people it is sworn to protect.

There's a point in love where we all can choose to be in love or not to be in love.

The past shouldn't rule the present.

If you can't make people happy, you shouldn't tie them to you.

It's better to have loved and lost, than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life

Freedom is everything, but independence is nothing.

If the Poncas were permitted to leave their new reservation in Indian Territory and walk away as free American citizens, this would set a precedent which might well destroy the entire military-political-reservation complex.

I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there are no enclosures and where everything drew a free breath. I want to die there and not within walls. I know every stream and every wood between the Rio Grande and the Arkansas. I have hunted and lived over that country. I lived like my fathers before me, and, like them, I lived happily. Para-Wa-Samen (Ten Bears) of the Tamparika Comanches

seemed like the flaw in life, that God had given men the freedom to do good or evil. And yet that freedom, a true free will, was at the heart of what he believed about life. Driven by love, God had created people with a free will, had given people the freedom to decide what they wanted to do, so God could know who wanted to freely love Him back. Most people rejected God and the world turned evil. But in the midst of that, God was still good, He still acted in love in every situation.

Reuben, kalau kemerdekaan yang kamu maksud sejenis keinginan anak kecil yang ingin memberontak kepada ibunya untuk bisa makan es krim waktu sakit flu, itu memang omong kosong. Aku rasa, Tuhan atau kekuatan agung apapun itu, nggak akan memberi hadiah yang dangkal begitu. Menurutku, free will adalah kebebasan manusia untuk mengubah perspektif. Kamu jatuh miskin besok, apakah itu bencana atau berkat yang tersembunyi? Semuanya ada di tanganmu. Free will adalah kemampuan manusia mengubah konteks.

Terlalu banyak pilihan bisa memusingkan, tapi keterbatasan pilihan adalah penjara.

Ketika anda melepaskan keterikatan pada sesuatu, anda semakin dekat dengan keutuhan.

Semakin banyak yang anda relakan, semakin besar keluasan diri yang anda rasakan.

Letting go of "stuff" allowed the world to collapse behind me as I moved, so I became nothing more or less than who I simply was: Me.

We cannot force our self to stay longer with something,situation or with the person who we don't really like . The best decision is to move on so then we can stay happy with our life style.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever.

There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.