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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"The moment you surrender your ego, you find freedom."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Each person has the right to be peaceful and happy."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The art of mindfulness is the art of being free."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"True freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
Pope John Paul II
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"Freedom is the capacity to choose the good; without it, we are slaves to our appetites."
Pope John Paul II
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"True freedom comes not from the absence of restraint, but from the presence of God's truth."
Billy Graham
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"The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Self-discipline is the key to freedom. The more discipline you develop, the more freedom you acquire."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Freedom is not the absence of duty but the conscious alignment with higher purpose."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Freedom increases as the individual surrenders to the will of the higher self."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Only he who has renounced everything can enjoy everything."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"True renunciation is not leaving the world, but leaving attachment to it."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"When you realize that you are not the doer, actions cease to bind you."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"When attachment falls away like a dried leaf, freedom blossoms."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"True freedom is freedom from sin."
John Calvin
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"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The practice of mindfulness is the practice of freedom."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Freedom from fear is the greatest freedom of all."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Freedom is not to be obtained by weaklings and it is impossible for a man to the born, if he is not to be free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The moment you realize your true nature, you become free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The moment you become conscious of duty, you are free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"The moment you forgive, you set yourself free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Freedom is not the reaction against something. Freedom is not to be free from something, but freedom in its absolute sense."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"You cannot be free if you are enslaved by your own habits and conditioning."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Freedom is the space in which you can be completely yourself."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"True freedom is the liberation from the tyranny of the ego."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The Lord is the truth. Seek the truth and you shall be free."
Guru Nanak
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"The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and discrimination."
Dalai Lama (14th)