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Quotes About Liberation

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.
~ Janeane Garofalo
My objective is to fulfil the dream of Bangabandhu through building a hunger- and poverty-free Golden Bangladesh being imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation.
~ Sheikh Hasina
The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from the war. And there was every color you could imagine, and I'd not seen that in England.
~ Richard Dawson
It helps with your acting when you're not in a perfect costume, perfect wardrobe, a perfectly seamed blouse, perfectly ironed hair, and perfectly done eyeshadow. It's really liberating.
~ Trieste Kelly Dunn
I try and direct environmentally, so that people don't feel like everything is going to depend on what happens when someone says, 'action,' so that they can literally be swimming in the warm water, and at some point the race begins, and at some point the race ends, but it is about being free to swim.
~ Cameron Crowe
Freedom may come not from being in control of life but rather from a willingness to move with the events of life, to hold on to our memories but let go of the past, to choose, when necessary, the inevitable. We can become free at any time.
~ Rachel Naomi Remen
And then, a strangely comforting thought trickled through me—I had nothing, so I could do anything now. Anything I wanted. I had nothing left to lose.
~ Rachel Ward
They kept me in a cage for too long because now every room I am standing in is just another cell.
~ Raegan Butcher
Laws" and "rules" imposed on you From days of old renown, Are not intended for your "good" But for your crushing down. Then dare to rend the chains that bind And to yourself be true. Dare to liberate your mind, From all things, old and new.
~ Ragnar Redbeard
Laws" and "Rules" imposed on you From days of old renown. Are not intended for your "good" But for your crushing down. Then dare to rend the chains that bind And to yourself be true. Dare to liberate your mind, From all things, old and new. Always think your own thought. All other thoughts reject; Learn to use your own brain And boldly stand erect.
~ Ragnar Redbeard
Statute books and golden rules were made to fetter slaves and fools.
~ Ragnar Redbeard
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
~ Ralph Ellison
Today unbind the captive,So only are ye unbound;Lift up a people from the dust,Trump of their rescue, sound!
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
~ Ram Dass
Bondage is of the mind freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.
~ Ramakrishna
Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it is heaven, wealth, peace and truth; it is grace; it is the state of divine silence; it is the deathless death; it is jnana, renunciation, final liberation and bliss.
~ Ramana Maharshi
you must achieve liberation during your life time. Even if you fail to do it during your lifetime, you must think of god at least at the time of death, since one becomes what he thinks of at the time of death. But unless all your life you have been thinking of God, unless you have accustomed yourself to dhyana of 'God always during life, it would not at all be possible for you think of God at the time of death.
~ Ramana Maharshi
the delusion of bondage fabricated by ignorance from time immemorial can be removed only by knowledge, and for this purpose the term 'liberation' (mukti) has been usually accepted. That is all. The fact that the characteristics of liberation are described in different ways proves that they are imaginary.
~ Ramana Maharshi
The mind is by nature restless. Begin liberating it from its restlessness; give it peace, make it free from distractions, train it to look inward, and make all this a habit. This is done by ignoring the external world and removing the obstacles to peace of mind. (p. 20)
~ Ramana Maharshi
Inquiring into the nature of one's self that is in bondage, and realising one's true nature is liberation.
~ Ramana Maharshi
The sense of "I" pertains to the person, the body and the brain. When anyone knows true Being for the first time, something else arises from the depths and takes possession...That something is behind the mind; it is infinite, divine, eternal. Some people call it the Kingdom of Heaven, others call it the soul, and others again Nirvana, and Hindus call it liberation; you may give it what name you wish.
~ Ramana Maharshi
What more crime can a woman commit by suffocating her sensuous body behind the tight dress. Stay Nude, Breathe Life!
~ RAMANA PEMMARAJU
The surest signs of spiritual progress are a lack of concern about spiritual progress and an absence of anxiety about liberation.
~ Ramesh S. Balsekar
Beer makes us happy.
~ Randy Mosher