Quotes About Freedom

La vida es como un juego de cartas. La mano que se te reparte es el determinismo; la forma en que juegas es el libre albedrío." Jawaharlal Nehru

There aren't enough days in the weekend.

When I started writing full time I had not long stopped being a teacher and when at last I had a full day to write, I would put music on and wonder to myself - am I allowed to do this? Then I thought: 'I am control of this and no one is telling me what I can do.'

We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze.

declared their independence.

by a single proclamation all the Greeks inhabiting both Asia and Europe became free

you could beach your ship wherever you could find a sandy shore, put up your tent

For the time being, the newcomers could bask with impunity.

beyond its own borders without encroaching on the autonomy of another.

not only for those who had lost their lives but also for the 'liberty of Hellas

Wilderness appealed to those bored or disgusted with man and his works. It not only offered an escape from society but also was an ideal stage for the Romantic individual to exercise the cult that he frequently made of his own soul. The solitude and total freedom of the wilderness created a perfect setting for either melancholy or exultation.

Being a smart, wheelchair-bound eleven-year-old, Ben Landgrave had long since turned into a computer whiz. It was his freedom, his legs. Within a couple of minutes he was scrolling down hundreds of coats of arms.

It was her life to live not take.

do with aviation again

No doubt Western modernity has its limitations and discontents. Still, it is far better than the known alternatives—not only, or even primarily, because of its advanced technology but because of its fundamental commitment to freedom, reason, and human dignity.

Ahmed had spoken of an illness. But I felt that there must have been another explanation, which I associated with an uncompromising approach to life: absolute freedom, a radical realization of the ideal that I too had adopted one fine day-the ideal of living by and for books.

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So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

Yo creo que la democracia está en peligro, pero no ha muerto. La situación me recuerda ese famoso dicho, según el cual perder unas elecciones es normal en una democracia: lo malo es perder la democracia en unas elecciones. Y eso es justamente lo que podría pasar en las próximas elecciones de 2021.

Lo ocurrido en varios países muestra que la democracia puede engendrar monstruos que acaben con ella.

La pregunta que nos asalta es: ¿sólo podemos escapar del determinismo gracias al azar de una vida sin sentido?

perder unas elecciones es normal en una democracia: lo malo es perder la democracia en unas elecciones. Y eso es justamente lo que podría pasar en las próximas elecciones de 2021.

Si la vida de una persona está sujeta a sus circunstancias, sus memorias, sus aptitudes y sus tendencias, es difícil encontrar un espacio para la libertad, pues parece sometida a una estructura determinista. Pero si la persona, para tomar decisiones libres, pudiera ser insensible a su entorno y a su pasado, entonces viviría una vida sometida al azar. ¿Sería una vida basada en la libertad o más bien una existencia sumergida en el absurdo?

En una carta al mismo interlocutor, Einstein hizo unas afirmaciones que han sido citas con frecuencia por los deterministas. Dijo que si la Luna fuese dotada de autoconsciencia estaría perfectamente convencida de que su camino alrededor de la Tierra es fruto de una decisión libre.