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Quotes About Freedom

There are questions we could never get past, were it not that we are freed of them by nature.
~ Franz Kafka
Logic is no doubt unshakable, but it can't withstand a person who wants to live.
~ Franz Kafka
En de man is werkelijk vrij, hij kan gaan en staan waar hij wil, alleen de toegang tot de wet is hem verboden en dat dan nog door één enkeling, door de poortwachter.
~ Franz Kafka
In passing: may I say that all too often men are betrayed by the word freedom. And as freedom is counted among the most sublime feelings, so the corresponding disillusionment can be also sublime.
~ Franz Kafka
I had locks on my whole body as at a costume ball and at brief intervals now here now there a lock was opened or closed.
~ Franz Kafka
Se simÈ›ea atât de liber sufleteÈ™te cum eÈ™ti numai printre str?ini,cînd vorbeÈ™ti cu oamenii f?r? importan??,p?strând pentru tine ceea ce te priveÈ™te È™i nevorbind decît cu senin?tate despre interesele celorlalÈ›i,ceea ce îi ridic? în ochii t?i,dar îÈ›i permite,în schimb,s?-i laÈ™i s? cad? când vrei.
~ Franz Kafka
Don't forget Kropotkin!
~ Franz Kafka
Logic is no doubt unshakable, but it can't withstand a person who wants to live.
~ Franz Kafka
The animal wrests the whip from the master and flails itself in order to become the master
~ Franz Kafka
Somos oprimidos por un silencio que nos ahoga y queremos romper.
~ Franz Kafka
because she loved comfort and therefore solitude above all else and was probably happiest when she could stretch out on the couch at home in complete freedom with the cat beside her
~ Franz Kafka
Ciertamente, la libertad que hoy es posible es un arbusto raquítico. Pero, al fin y al cabo, es libertad que, al fin y al cabo, es un bien.
~ Franz Kafka
25. Jedynie uciekaj?c od ?wiata mo?na si? nim cieszy?.
~ Franz Kafka
I've forgotten to ask you what kind of acquittal you want. There are three possibilities: actual acquittal, apparent acquittal, and prolongation.
~ Franz Kafka
Der Vergleich von dem Sperling in der Hand und der Taube auf dem Dach paßt hier nur sehr entfernt. In der Hand habe ich nichts, auf dem Dach ist alles und doch muß ich –so entscheiden es die Kampfverhältnisse und die Lebensnot– das Nicht wählen.
~ Franz Kafka
O adev?rat? libertate în alegerea profesiei nu exista pentru mine,ÅŸtiam:pe lâng? problema esenÅ£ial?,totul avea s?-mi fie la fel de indiferent aÅŸa cum îmi fuseser? toate materiile predate la ÅŸcoal?.Era vorba aÅŸadar s?-mi g?sesc o profesie care,f?r? s?-mi r?neasc? prea mult vanitatea,s? se potriveasc? cel mai bine cu indiferenÅ£a mea.
~ Franz Kafka
C?s?toria este desigur atestarea celei mai masive forme de autoeliberare ?i de independen??.
~ Franz Kafka
On ne peut pas briser de chaînes quand il n'y en a pas de visibles.
~ Franz Kafka
And that too is human freedom, I thought, self-controlled movement. What a mockery of holy Mother Nature! Were the apes to see such a spectacle, no theater walls could stand the shock of their laughter.
~ Franz Kafka
Av köpekleri henüz avluda oynuyor, ama avlar? daha ÅŸimdiden ormanda ne kadar h?zl? koÅŸarlarsa koÅŸsunlar, ellerinden kurtulamayacaklar.
~ Franz Kafka
So hätte der Trapezkünstler ungestört leben können, wären nicht die unvermeidlichen Reisen von Ort zu Ort gewesen, die ihm äußerst lästig waren. Zwar sorgte der Impresario dafür, daß der Trapezkünstler von jeder unnötigen Verlängerung seiner Leiden verschont blieb: für die Fahrten in den Städten
~ Franz Kafka
I was a real wild kid, spending much more time outdoors than I ever did indoors.
~ Jessica Henwick
There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive wild animals perform for our amusement. If the public will not pay to see them, the businesses that profit from keeping animals captive will not be able to continue.
~ Peter Singer
Wild horses couldn't drag me away from a summer on the Stockholm archipelago.
~ Bjorn Ulvaeus