Freedom Quotes

"The mind creates a perfect prison and we joyfully lock ourselves in."

"You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?"

"What is freedom? It is the liberation of the soul from fear."

"The soul's freedom is found not in doing what we wish, but in wishing what we do."

"We are determined to do a thing when we are acting from a cause that is external to ourselves."

"Freedom is not the absence of necessity, but the understanding of necessity."

"To be free is to act from your own nature, not from external determination."

"The bondage of man is his imagination; his freedom is his reason."

"To understand is to be free; to be ignorant is to be enslaved."

"The soul that surrenders completely finds true freedom."

"The self is both the prison and the key to freedom."

"Freedom is not the absence of law, but harmony with it."

"Detachment is the highest and loftiest thing man can achieve."

"Man should be poor and free as the birds are."

"A free person is one who is bound only by love."

"Where there is attachment, there is no freedom."

"The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union."

"Worldly attachments are chains that bind the spirit to earthly concerns."

"The soul that clings to created things cannot ascend to the Creator."

"Detachment from worldly desires is the gateway to spiritual freedom."

"All attachments except to God are chains in disguise."

"Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious."

"The key to freedom is understanding that you have always been free."

"Move beyond the concept of reward and punishment. They are just the mechanics of control."

"Do not adjust your behavior because of how others react to you. You are not for everyone, and that is okay."

"Live life as if you're already dead. You have nothing to lose, only moments to gain."

"Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape."

"My heart is singing like a thousand birds. It cannot be contained by walls."

"The more we have, the more we are occupied. The more we own, the more it owns us."

"The more one possesses, the more one is possessed by possessions."