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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"To be free, one must first free oneself from within."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"True freedom is the freedom to become what you are meant to be."
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
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"Liberty without responsibility is merely the license to destroy oneself and others."
Rammohan Roy
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"The chains of custom are often heavier than those of iron."
Rammohan Roy
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"The greatest gift we can give the next generation is the freedom to think for themselves."
Rammohan Roy
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"To be truly free is to be free from the tyranny of one's own ignorance."
Rammohan Roy
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"You cannot find truth through any organization, through any creed, or through any dogma."
J. Krishnamurti
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"The moment you are conscious of your conditioning, you have already stepped out of it."
J. Krishnamurti
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"To be free is to be responsible for your own thoughts and actions."
J. Krishnamurti
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"You cannot have freedom as long as you are bound by your own thoughts."
J. Krishnamurti
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"Freedom is the birthright of every conscious being."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"Freedom without responsibility is mere license. True liberty comes only to those who understand their duties."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"Freedom's greatest enemy is not oppression from without, but apathy and ignorance from within."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"Freedom begins within your own consciousness."
Sai Baba
"The only real freedom is freedom from desire."
Neem Karoli Baba
"The moment you choose love, you choose freedom."
Neem Karoli Baba
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"The greatest freedom is the freedom to think without fear of persecution."
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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"The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"Hold on to nothing. Let go of everything."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"The sense of doership is the bondage."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"The mind creates prisons; the heart creates freedom."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"The freedom of thought cannot exist where fear controls the mind."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"A educated mind is a free mind, regardless of the circumstances of its birth."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"The liberation of the mind precedes the liberation of society."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"The freedom to speak truth is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"Freedom without responsibility is anarchy in disguise."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"The chains of custom are often heavier than the chains of iron."
Rammohan Roy
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"Progress is impossible for a nation that venerates its own chains."
Rammohan Roy
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"Ignorance may be bliss, but it is the bliss of slavery."
Rammohan Roy
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"The emancipation of the mind precedes all other forms of freedom."
Rammohan Roy