Freedom Quotes

"True freedom consists in the ability to govern oneself according to reason and justice."

"The greatest gift we can give a child is the freedom to discover."

"Freedom is not free—it requires constant vigilance and work."

"I cannot live your life. You must find your own path to wholeness."

"The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances."

"The freedom to decide your own attitude is the last freedom no one can take away."

"No one can take away our freedom to choose our thoughts and our attitude."

"The one thing we cannot be robbed of is our ability to choose how we respond."

"Our freedom to choose our attitude is absolute, regardless of external circumstances."

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"Freedom begins when we question what we have been told to believe."

"To conform is to surrender the most precious human faculty: independent judgment."

"Freedom requires constant vigilance against the subtle forces of conformity."

"The greatest threat to human freedom is the gradual erosion of independent thought."

"Freedom without the courage to exercise it is meaningless."

"Freedom is not a state of nature but an achievement that requires constant effort."

"Freedom exists only when we refuse to be dehumanized by labels or institutional roles."

"Our need for consistency can be both limiting and liberating."

"Our beliefs are both tools and prisons."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of such a world is a shame and an outrage."

"The person who is willing to give up his freedom for security is no longer free."

"Only the free are creative; only the free are original."

"Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin in human experience."

"The path to freedom begins with the willingness to see our own limitations clearly."

"I have learned that forgiveness is the path to freedom, both for the forgiver and forgiven."

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

"The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances."

"The freedom to will is conditioned by the necessity to will."

"Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude."