Quotes About Liberation

We have come to take the dysfunctional aspect of ourselves for granted without realizing that it is possible to free ourselves from the vicious circle that is exhausting us.

we want to be free of inner suffering once and for all, it is not enough to rid ourselves of the emotions themselves; we must eliminate our attachment to the ego. Is that possible? It is, because as we've seen, the ego exists merely as mental imputation. A concept can be dispelled, but only by the wisdom that perceives that the ego is devoid of intrinsic existence.

Fundamental science is theoretical knowledge, while technology is utilitarian knowledge and contemplative science is liberating knowledge. They can thus complete each other without any conflict.

According to Buddhism, suffering will always exist as a universal phenomenon, but every individual has the potential for liberation from it.

The art of leadership, as Max says, is "liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible." Thus, the leader is the "servant" of his followers in that he removes the obstacles that prevent them from doing their jobs.

The art of leadership, as Max says, is "liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible." Thus, the leader is the "servant" of his followers in that he removes the obstacles that prevent them from doing their jobs. In short, the true leader enables his or her followers to realize their full potential.

Liberate yourself as far as you can, and you have done your part; for it is not given to every one to break through all limits,or,more expressively, not to every one is that a limit which is a limit for the rest. Consequently,do not tire yourself with toiling at the limits of others...He who overturns one of his limits may have shown others the way and the means; the overturning of their limits remains their affair.

Alles Heilige ist ein Band, eine Fessel.

I say: liberate yourself as far as you can, and you have done your part; for it is not given to every one to break through all limits, or, more expressively, not to everyone is that a limit which is a limit for the rest. Consequently, do not tire yourself with toiling at the limits of others; enough if you tear down yours.

Now why, if one strives for freedom out of love for the I, why not choose the I itself as beginning, middle and end ? Am I not worth more than freedom? Am I not the one who makes myself free, am I not the first? Even unfree, even in a thousand fetters, still I am; and I do not, like freedom, only exist as a future thing, in hopes, but even as the most degraded slave I am also present.

Non preoccuparti delle barriere degli altri: è sufficiente che tu abbatta le tue.

The Revolution put an end to prostitution by giving women what they wanted: a job and a room of their own. (1983: 61)

Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time.

We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.

Joy is a freedom. It helps a person to find his/her own liberation. The person who is joyous takes responsibility for the time he/she takes up and the space that he/she occupies. You share it! Some of you have it ... you share it! That is what joy is! When you continue to give it away you will still have so much more of it.

Stao je u mrtvu vodu. Lijeno je mislio: more - staza bez prepreka, put bez granica, majka širine, otac slobodnog lutanja. Oti?i ?e morem u nepoznato. Jednom. Ostavi?e ovu vrelu kamenu liticu na kojoj i gušter izdiše, i ovu sprženu tvrdu travu bez sokova, oko koje se samo guje uvijaju, i ovu ružnu ku?u u kojoj radost zamire, i ovaj mrtvi kraj u kojem plemenitosti nema, ni ljubavi, ni želje ?ak.

It was the first time in as long as I could remember that hunger wasn't a punishment or a crime or a weapon or a mode of self-destruction.

To live in a world of female power—mutual power—felt like a desirable dream to Zee. Having power meant that the world was like a pasture with the gate left open, and that there was nothing stopping you, and you could run and run.

The earth had set me free. The city was at my feet. I forgot where I was and that I had not touched a pencil in months.

We didn't have wings, but we could dance.

There is so much freedom in not having to choose.

Let him go. Let one of them go. Knowing it and doing it, two separate accomplishments. Let one man go. The question had to be, which one?

We could just go naked. Set a trend." -Nick

Jesus lived in occupied territory, in poverty and misery, and his stories and preaching are all about food, land, liberation from bondage and servitude and get. He preached about providing for those who lacked the most and were considered expendable, as the birds of the air, and yet in Jesus' eyes were where one found the treasure of heaven, here, now, on earth.