Quotes About Freedom

Poetry and prison have always been neighbors.

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.

When I hear girls I know longing to be what they call liberated, and when I hear others rejoicing in what they think of as liberation, I feel a fool, because I simply do not know where I stand. (Maria Magdalena Theotoky)

Because it can be the key to my freedom," said Martin holding her close. "You have become my promise for fulfillment and research has the power of giving me what I want from medicine as well as more time with you.

Hawkins sought out the freshest, most original musicians, and had little patience for those who would quibble over the difference between "modern" or "progressive," "swing" or "bebop." "I don't think about music as being new, or modern, or anything of the type," he mused. "Music doesn't go seasonable to me."44

Thelonious Monk's music is essentially about freedom.

Can't all beasts be tamed?

The merrel also knew its wing had not healed. But I could reach a great height once more before it failed me, it said. And from there I would fold my wings and plummet to the earth as if a hare or a fawn had caught my eye; but it would be myself I stooped toward. It would be a good flight and a good death. And so I eat their dead things cut up on a pole, dreaming of my last flight.

At first Lissar merely ran away; away from the yellow city, away from the prince whom she loved with both halves of her broken heart.

A person without self-expression is a person without personal freedom.

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

I stopped needing to be available to everyone all the time

Todos estamos aquí por una razón especial. Deja de ser un prisionero de tu pasado. Conviértete en arquitecto de tu futuro.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become." —Steve Jobs

Nelson Mandela wrote, 'As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

The only limits on your life are those that you set yourself.

Be brave, and set no limits on the workings of your imagination. Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

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Life's all about balance. And one of the most vital of all balance points is the one involving freedom and responsibility.

I teach in my life-coaching programs, when you bear a grudge against someone, it is almost as if you carry that person around on your back with you. He drains you of your energy, enthusiasm and peace of mind. But the moment you forgive him, you get him off your back and you can move on with the rest of your life.

Charles Bukowski said: 'Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

the fortification of positivity, inspiration and high hopes at a time of general negativity is mission-central to their campaign of producing sublime work and leading a life that surges with happiness, serenity and spiritual freedom.

La única manera de lidiar con este mundo sin libertad es volverte tan absolutamente libre que tu mera existencia sea un acto de rebelión».

Nelson Mandela escribió: «Cuando salí hacia el portón que me llevaría a la libertad, supe que, si no dejaba mi amargura y mi odio atrás, seguiría encarcelado».