Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
Quotations
Freedom
I am so happy in your happiness. To you, happiness is a form of freedom, and of all the people I know you should be free.
-Khalil Gibran
If we sincerely want to become a liberated person, then we have to be willing to be independent in a world where so few truly think for themselves.
-Andrew Cohen "Andrew Cohen"
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
-Ambrose Bierce
Liberty a word without which all other words are vain.
-Robert G. Ingersoll
There are people who are willing to protect freedom until there is nothing left of it.
-Heinar Kipphardt
"In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer"
When we awaken to our truth, we realize we are free.
-Kristi Bowman
"Journey to One: A Woman's Story of Emotional Healing and Spiritual Awakening"
So long as the state exists there is no freedom. When there is freedom, there will be no state.
-Vladimir Lenin
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
The only way to achieve freedom is to free your mind from the world we live in.
-Salvatore Palladino
