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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"Freedom is the recognition of our divine nature."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Freedom carries with it the responsibility to serve."
Pope Francis
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"That is the principal thing. Not to be a slave of success."
Mother Teresa
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"The only true freedom is the freedom to do what is right."
Pope John Paul II
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"Authentic freedom is found in service to others."
Pope John Paul II
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"The rights of conscience must be respected always."
Pope John Paul II
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"Thought can never be free, but awareness itself is always free."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"The earth is not just your country, the whole world is your country."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Authority of any kind prevents the flowering of man."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Freedom is the absence of fear, not the absence of responsibility."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and to set the captives free."
Billy Graham
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"When we submit our lives to God, we find true freedom."
Billy Graham
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"Freedom is the basic condition of happiness."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Forgiveness means liberating ourselves from the weight of resentment."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"To transcend limitation is the deepest aspiration of human nature."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Freedom is the recognition that we are not bound by our past or circumstances."
Sri Aurobindo
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"When you surrender to God, you are truly free."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"All limitation is self-imposed; freedom is our eternal birthright."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in prison."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"You cannot inherit freedom. You must earn it."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Your opinions, your beliefs, your attachments are the prison bars."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"The mind that is not free cannot think clearly."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"You cannot think your way to freedom; you must live your way there."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Freedom is not the absence of responsibility; it is the presence of choice."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"We are prisoners in a jail of our own making, and the door is never locked."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"The moment I have realized that God is in every man and woman, that moment I am free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The moment I have realized that God is in every man and woman, that moment I am free from bondage."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The great religion of the future will be as free as the air we breathe."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The moment I have realized that God is in every man, that moment I am free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The greatest religion is the religion of freedom."
Swami Vivekananda