Quotes of: Real-freedom Keyword

This “freedom” put a proud people in chains And turned free men into slaves “Independence” made us weak And slaughtered us In the name of kindness This is democracy by the whip And the fear of chains With a whirlwind at its core

My Life with the Taliban

I want a job with a great deal of freedom, like riding on the back of a bald eagle.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

Appetite has really become an artificial and abnormal thing, having taken the place of true hunger, which alone is natural. The one is a sign of bondage but the other, of freedom.

The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all.

The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

I love being aroused. I relish that delicious feeling of freedom, the delirium of being naked, and my flesh being born again. It’s like I’m being made new.

Naked and Sexual

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Long Walk to Freedom

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

Long Walk to Freedom

In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.

The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered

... I thought with all this freedom and self-discovery and expression of our love stuff that we could finally stop with the whole Zen master wisdom and practical advice crap.

Last Sacrifice

Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

We take our fetters with us; our freedom is not total: we still turn our gaze towards the things we have left behind; our imagination is full of them.

On Solitude

Two separate beings, in different circumstances, face to face in freedom and seeking justification of their existence through one another, will always live an adventure full of risk and promise." (p. 248)

The Second Sex

I cried during my wedding, but my wife did not. That’s natural, because I was losing my freedom, and she was gaining a slave.

So many chairs, and no time to sit

And what little she allowed herself to say was said in a strained tone, in which her ingrained timidity paralysed her tendency to freedom and audacity of speech.

Swann's Way

Let your will burn in this fire so that it takes you nowhere else. Let your self be burned in this fire of eternity, love and peace. Don't be afraid of this fire, it is love itself. This desire for freedom is the fire of love!

The Truth Is

Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it." ( )

Outside: Selected Writings

The flaw in being civilized is that it permit’s the uncivilized among us to perpetrate horrific crimes against us in the name of freedom and equality. Foreword 'RHG

Right Hand Up to God: No More Will Die

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays and Drama

Remembering to be conscious is the beginning of inner peace and freedom.

Rewiring the Soul: Finding the Possible Self: How Your Connection to Yourself Can Make All the Difference

His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.

TransAtlantic

I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of taking away your freedoms. –Uncle Sam


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