Quotes About Liberation

Freedom is the opposite of necessity.

Freedom (independence) from the laws of nature is no doubt a liberation from restraint, but also from the guidance of all rules.

It is in the capacity to love, that is to SEE, that the liberation of the soul from fantasy consists. The freedom which is a proper human goal is the freedom from fantasy, that is the realism of compassion. What I have called fantasy, the proliferation of blinding self-centered aims and images, is itself a powerful system of energy, and most of what is often called 'will' or 'willing' belongs to this system. What counteracts the system is attention to reality inspired by, consisting of, love.

We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom

She felt above all, as a sort of categorical imperative, the desire to set Hannah free, to smash up all her eerie magical surroundings, to let the fresh air in at last; even if the result should be some dreadful suffering.

We are giving the world back to man, and man back to himself. Man shall no longer be vile, but noble. We shall not destroy his mind in return for an immortal soul. Without a free, vigorous and creative mind, man is but an animal, and he will die like an animal, without any shred of a soul. We return to man his arts, his literature, his sciences, his independence to think and feel as an individual, not to be bound to dogma like a slave, to rot in his chains.

Se você tivesse nascido numa cela e crescido num corredor, trabalhando num cubículo, com férias numa varanda repleta de gente, ao sair para o ar livre, sem nada além do céu sobre si, talvez lhe desse um ataque de nervos.

Solo il mio sistema emotivo è stato condizionato, il cervello è come prima. Sono portato a pensare in una determinata direzione, non costretto. E ci sono alcune cose che posso vedere molto più chiaramente, perché mi sono liberato dei vincoli emotivi.

The slave who dances is free ... while he is dancing.

I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night like a dark stain, a contamination I could not shed; it became so unbearable that when finally I rid myself of it, I was freed forever of the desire to possess another person or the temptation ever to belong to anyone.

El feminismo no me alcanzó para repartir las tareas domésticas, en verdad esa idea no me pasó por la cabeza, creía que la liberación consistía en salir al mundo y echarme encima los deberes masculinos, pero no pensé que también se trataba de delegar parte de mi carga. El

supe que simplemente había cumplido su misión en esta tierra y había volado a otra dimensión donde su espíritu, libre al fin de los lastres materiales, se sentiría más a gusto.

Salvo excepciones, los niños suelen ser un poco sosos. Además, carecen de poder, los adultos deciden por ellos y lo hacen mal, les inculcan sus propias ideas erróneas sobre la realidad y después los críos pasan el resto de sus vidas tratando de librarse de ellas.

La objetivación de la mujer es tan predominante que no la percibimos y en la juventud nos esclaviza. El feminismo no nos ha salvado de esa esclavitud. Solo nos libramos con la edad, cuando nos convertimos en seres invisibles y ya no somos objeto de deseo, o cuando alguna tragedia nos sacude hasta los huesos y nos confronta con lo fundamental de la existencia.

I thought liberation had to do with going out into the world and assuming male duties, not with delegating part of my load. The result was a terrible fatigue, as witnessed today by the millions of women of my generation who question feminist movements.

Dance. Dance, Zarité. The slave who dances is free while he is dancing.' He told me. I have always danced.

She had loved her husband with the fierce loyalty of someone who does not question her destiny as a wife, but becoming a widow was a liberation for her.

Nada hay tan liberador como la edad», decía contando sus arrugas

El femenismo no me alcanzó para repartir las tareas doméstics, en verdade esa idea no me pasó por la cabeza, creía que la liberación consistía en salir al mundo y echarme encima los deberes masculinos, pero no pensé que también trataba de delegar parte de mi carga. El resultado fue mucho cansacio, como le pasó a milllones de mujeres de mi generación que hoy cuestionam los movimientos feministas.

This is good news for women in general: Life gets easier once we get through menopause and are done with raising kids, but only if we minimize

Ya no es necesario, podemos ejercer nuestro poder desde la feminidad.

Baila, baila, Zarité, porque esclavo que baila es libre… mientras baila

It's such a liberating feeling to go out of your comfort zone, to be independent and strike out on my own without my parents.

To me, the stage is like the free zone. That's what makes it exhilarating. For whatever reason, there's this weird little square where it's kind of a romper room for adults.