Quotes About Freedom

Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.

We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.

If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere." The human race is but a monotonous affair. Most of them labour the greater part of their time for mere subsistence; and the scanty portion of freedom which remains to them so troubles them that they use every exertion to get rid of it. Oh, the destiny of man!

If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.

If ever I to the moment shall say: Beautiful moment, do not pass away! Then you may forge your chains to bind me, Then I will put my life behind me, Then let them hear my death-knell toll, Then from your labours you'll be free, The clock may stop, the clock-hands fall, And time come to an end for me!

Yes - this I hold to with devout insistence, Wisdom's last verdict goes to say: He only earns both freedom and existence Who must reconquer them each day.

Weary of liberty, he suffered himself to be saddled and bridled, and was ridden to death for his pains.

Everything that frees our spirit without giving us control of ourselves is ruinous.

Ja! diesem Sinne bin ich ganz ergeben, das ist der Weisheit letzter Schluß: nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben, der täglich sie erobern muß.

Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive.

No one is more of a slave than he who thinks himself free without being so.

Es ist ein einförmig Ding um das Menschengeschlecht. Die meisten verarbeiten ihre Zeit, um zu leben, und das bißchen, das ihnen von Freiheit übrig bleibt, ängstigt sie so, dass sie alle Mittel aufsuchen, um es los zu sein

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

All force strives forward to work far and wide To live and grow and ever to expand; Yet we are checked and thwarted on each side By the world's flux and swept along like sand: In this internal storm and outward tide We hear a promise, hard to understand: From the compulsion that all creatures binds, Who overcomes himself, his freedom finds.

He only earns his freedom and existence who daily conquers them anew.

Die meisten verarbeiten den größten Teil der Zeit, um zu leben, und das bißchen, das ihnen von Freiheit übrig bleibt, ängstigt sie so, daß sie alle Mittel aufsuchen, um es loszuwerden...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

A hundred times have I seized a dagger, to give ease to this oppressed heart. Naturalists tell of a noble race of horses that instinctively open a vein with their teeth, when heated and exhausted by a long course, in order to breathe more freely. I am often tempted to open a vein, to procure for myself everlasting liberty.

The human race is a monotonous thing. Most people work most of the time in order to live, and the little freedom they have left over frightens them so, that they will do anything to get rid of it. Oh, the regimentation of mankind!

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

Life is adventure, not predicament.

What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.

The best things in life are not only free, but the line is shorter.

Success is nothing more than living your life according to your own truth and your own terms.