Quotes of: Freedoms Keyword

What they have is science, and in science only that which is subject to the senses. The spiritual world, on the other hand, the loftier half of the man's being, is rejected altogether, cast out with a certain triumph, hatred even. The world has procl...

The Brothers Karamazov

Vronsky meanwhile, in spite of the complete fulfilment of what he had so long desired, was not completely happy. He soon felt that the realization of his longing gave him only one grain of the mountain of bliss he had anticipated. That realization sh...

Anna Karenina

Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him-mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp. Dostoevski said once, "There is only one thing that I dread:...

Man's Search for Meaning

I realize that what happened in Bosnia could happen anywhere in the world, particularly in places that are diverse and have a history of conflict. It only takes bad leadership for a country to go up in flames, for people of different ethnicity, color...

Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia

Anyone I love takes away part of my freedom, but in that case it is I who wished it; and there is so much pleasure in loving that one gladly sacrifices something for its sake. Any one who loves me takes away all my freedom. Anyone who admires me (as ...

Les jeunes filles

As regards the social apparatus of repression and coercion, the government, there cannot be any question of freedom. Government is essentially the negation of liberty. It is the recourse to violence or threat of violence in order to make all people o...

Liberty And Property

The Church makes no man less free than he was before. But we chiefly value freedom in order to give it away; every man who loves surrenders his freedom, whether his passion be the love of a woman, the love of a cause, or the love of God. . . Hence: "...

Peace of Soul: Timeless Wisdom on Finding Serenity and Joy by the Century's Most Acclaimed Catholic Bishop

The miracle of life is given by One greater than ourselves, but once given, each life is ours to nurture and preserve, to foster, not only for today's world but for a better one to come. There is no purpose more noble than for us to sustain and celeb...

The Quest for Peace, the Cause of Freedom

If men were like ants, there would be no interest in human freedom. If individual men, like ants, were uniform, inter changeable, devoid of specific personality traits of their own, then who would care whether they were free or not? Who, indeed, woul...

Murray Rothbard

There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymous production, but the manner in which that performance has been introduced to the army, the effect it was intended to have, together with some other ...

George Washington

but now and then liberty, in the slogans of the strong, means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.

Caesar and Christ

The Sniper must not be susceptible to emotions such as anxiety and remorse,

Crosshairs on the Kill Zone: American Combat Snipers, Vietnam through Operation Iraqi Freedom

In the United States, people don't revolt in order to obtain freedom, but continue denying it to others.

Contradictionary

The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the verdict of history.

Can Life Prevail?

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

Catch-22

Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

The Complete Fairy Tales

Freedom does that to people, he realizes. Once you've tasted it, ou never want to let go.

Coyote

I am a butterfly poet birthed from pain flying with the freedom of my verses.

Dirt Road Dreams

Freedom is for the curious ones. Free is the one not influenced by taboos. Free is the one who reasons and evolves continuously, and refuses to accept anything without thinking.

Daimones

...and he had to have freedom-not even that, just to read and sleep in peace, without a uniform-sooner still.

Days and Nights