Best 95 quotes in «being free quotes» category

I can only be free when the other people around me are free.

Reading and writing dangerous books lets me be who I can't be and say what I can't say in everyday life.

…it’s not the truth about others that will set you free, but the truth about yourself.

I saw a lot of men die there. Most men. Do you know what killed them?”…”Despair,” said Finney. “They believed themselves to be prisoners. I lived with those men, ate the same maggot-infested food, slept in the same beds, did the same back-breaking work. But they died and I lived. Do you know why?” “You were free.” “I was free. Milton was right…the mind is its own place. I was never a prisoner. Not then, not now.

The knowledge of his or her state of serfdom never set a slave free, though a good start it is. It is actually finding the way to be free is what does it. - On Freedom

A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings.

A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.

And is it not the chief good of money, the being free from the need of thinking of it?

As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.

At headquarters, where everyone lived under the tremendous pressure of responsibility, probably nothing was more welcome than a dictate from above. That meant being freed of a decision and simultaneously being provided with an excuse for failure.

At our computer club, we talked about it being a revolution. Computers were going to belong to everyone, and give us power, and free us from the people who owned computers and all that stuff.

Being moderate with oneself and generous with others; this is what is meant by having a just relationship with money, by being free as far as money is concerned.

Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free.

Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

Drawing Is An Escape From All The Unecessary Things In Life That Get In The Way Of Being Free

Feeling free inside oneself is being free.

For a shaman, all things considered taboo get ripped apart, and one feels the satisfaction of being freed from agony through vituperation and laughter. Hence, shamanism could be said to have developed a means to tackle and override the barriers, oppression, and despair that tend to obstruct life.

Freedom is the quality of being free from the control of regulators and tax collectors. If I want to be free their control, I must not impose controls on others.

Freedom to do what one likes is really bondage, while being free to do what one must, what is right, is real freedom.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

As long as copyright is breached in Iran and international works are being freely published in magazines and newspapers, no one feels any need for Iranian works.

Being free is a state of mind.

Bounty, being free itself, thinks all others so.

But somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.

Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought.

Collective judgment of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back their own judgment despite collective disapproval.

I am looking to have a place under the sun for our new generations to live in peace far away from repression, from terrorism, to live as human beings freely in this free world. That is what I am looking for. I am not asking for the moon. I am asking for the United Nations legality to be implemented.

I am a clairaudient healer. My specialty is being able to discern the blocks within a person's energy that are prohibiting them from being free, happy, and powerful.

I appreciate very much being injury-free.

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

I came to love the rhythm of the sound effects and the whole experience of listening to a story. I made a lot of stuff with my hands and so I loved being free to not watch a screen. I still love it to this day.

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human.

Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.

I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants

I love being free enough that I can be so intimate with people, and that people are free enough that we can all be intimate with each other!

I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.

In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.

India has indeed a great and free future before her, in which she can make her special contribution to the well-being of mankind. The first and indispensable part of that contribution is to work with the United Nations for the defeat of fascism and of brutal aggression.

I need a prison in order to dream of being free.

Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn't just free blacks but them, too.

It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal. It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.

I want to be outspoken! I want to say my opinions and I hope they’re taken in the right way. I don’t want to stop being free ... and I won’t...