Quotes About Liberation

The gospel of grace begins and ends with forgiveness. And people write songs with titles like "Amazing Grace" for one reason: grace is the only force in the universe powerful enough to break the chains that enslave generations. Grace alone melts ungrace.

I believe that to be a free woman is to be both passionate and intelligent; and I am a free woman at last.

When it is possible to speak a word, it liberates. We do not always remember that it is precisely a word, a Word articulated in our flesh, which has liberated us.

The cruelest prison of all is the prison of the mind.

From all these, then, they will be finally free, and they will live a happier life than that men count most happy, the life of victors at Olympia.

For instance, I remember someone asking Sophocles, the poet, whether he was still capable of enjoying a woman. 'Don't talk in that way,' he answered; 'I am only too glad to be free of all that; it is like escaping from bondage to a raging madman.

Y bien; purificar el alma, ¿no es, como antes decíamos, separarla del cuerpo, y acostumbrarla a encerrarse y recogerse en sí misma, renunciando al comercio con aquel cuanto sea posible, y viviendo, sea en esta vida, sea en la otra, sola y desprendida del cuerpo, como quien se desprende de una cadena?

Costoro sanno che la filosofia, accorgendosi del potere di questa prigione, terribile perché opera attraverso i desideri (e per questo chi è prigioniero è complice della sua stessa prigionia), quelli che amano il sapere sanno che la filosofia, prendendo la loro anima in queste condizioni, dolcemente la esorta e cerca di liberarla.

Restricting yourself in the truth of God's word actually releases you into a freedom you would not otherwise have.

It was for freedom that Christ set us free" (Gal. 5:1).

The key to liberation from the power of materialism is not an exodus from culture - abandoning Wall Street or leaving the wealth of the nation to others - but the grace of giving... Givers for God disarm the power of money. They invite God's grace to flow through them.

Happy birthday," she said. "And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.

There is a certain freedom in giving up all hope. One is no longer bound by the cords of dread or fear; you simply move toward the inevitable without thinking on the consequences.

I don't see why ogling same-sex kissing should be the exclusive domain of frat boys whacking off to lesbian action, that's so sexist. Feminism should be all inclusive- it should be about sexual liberation, equal pay for equal work, and the fundamental girl right of boy2boy appreciation.

For love does not set shackles, nor entrap.

To study with an able mind is to escape prison, for a time.

succeed, the movement must break the bonds between parents and children, between husbands and wives.

To succeed, the movement must break the bonds between parents and children, between husbands and wives.

The release from action and suffering, release from the inner and the outer compulsion.

Just because we have birds inside us, we don't have to be cages.

Just because we have birds inside is, we don't have to be cages. -from Instant Recognition between Strangers

Just because we have birds inside is, we don't have to be cages.

She couldn't wait to peel off the panty hose.

There's something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You're free to float to the moon and evaporate or sink to the bottom of the deepest ocean. But you're free to explore. Some people confuse that with drifting, I suppose. I like to think of it as growing.