Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

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"We have more control over our thoughts than we realize."
Walter Mischel
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"We are not slaves to our impulses; we are architects of our behavior."
Walter Mischel
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"We have more agency than our circumstances suggest."
Walter Mischel
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"Freedom without responsibility leads to chaos; responsibility without freedom leads to servitude."
Raymond Cattell
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"The freedom to succeed carries with it the risk of failure; both are necessary for growth."
Raymond Cattell
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"True freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the choice of which ones to embrace."
Costa Paul
C
"Freedom rings loudest in the hearts of those who chose it consciously."
Costa Paul
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"Freedom without responsibility becomes license, not liberty."
Gordon Allport
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"Freedom is the responsibility to choose wisely, not merely to choose."
Gordon Allport
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"We are each trapped in a nervous system we did not choose, yet freedom exists within those constraints."
Hans Eysenck
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"Poisonous pedagogy teaches children to suppress their feelings and obey authority without question."
Alice Miller
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"Every human being has the right to become aware of their own truth."
Alice Miller
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"The price of obedience is the loss of self."
Alice Miller
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"The authentic self emerges when we stop performing for approval."
Alice Miller
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"Freedom is the prerequisite for actualizing one's potential as a human being."
Rollo May
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"We have confused the free with the freedom to consume. Real freedom is the ability to shape one's own destiny."
Rollo May
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"We are condemned to be free; we cannot escape our responsibility for the choices we make."
Rollo May
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"A free person is one who has transcended the need to justify their existence to others."
Rollo May
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"The greatest anxiety is the anxiety of freedom—the realization that we are responsible for our choices."
Rollo May
R
"The price of freedom is the constant awareness of responsibility."
Rollo May
R
"To be free is to be responsible for your own existence."
Rollo May
R
"To be free is to be uncertain. To be certain is to be enslaved."
Rollo May
"Learning is the ultimate form of freedom."
Barbara Oakley
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"Freedom is the responsibility to become who you choose."
James Clear
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"The freedom to fail is the foundation of all freedom."
Costa Paul
C
"Freedom without responsibility is merely license to harm."
Costa Paul
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"Functional autonomy allows our motives to become independent of their origins."
Gordon Allport
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"Personal freedom is constrained but not determined by circumstance."
Gordon Allport
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"Freedom is both a gift and a burden."
Hans Eysenck
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"Freedom demands responsibility; without it, freedom becomes chaos."
Hans Eysenck