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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"Necessity and freedom are reconciled in understanding."Spinoza, Baruch
"Liberty is not procured by a full satisfaction of the appetite, but by controlling it."Descartes, René
"The more you have, the more you are occupied; the less you have, the freer you are."Descartes, René
"Every individual is a law unto themselves as long as they respect the law of nature."Descartes, René
"True freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the mastery of one's desires."Avicenna
"Freedom without responsibility is chaos; responsibility without freedom is slavery."Al-Ghazali
"Freedom is the responsibility to choose wisely, not the right to choose carelessly."Al-Ghazali
"Free will carried many into error; grace many more into truth."Augustine of Hippo
"Freedom is not the ability to do whatever we want; it is the ability to do what is right."Augustine of Hippo
"Freedom consists in being the master of oneself."Thomas Aquinas
"Freedom of thought is essential to the advancement of human civilization."Averroes
"Freedom is participation in power."Cicero
"He alone is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither a slave to lust, nor to avarice, nor to superstition."Cicero
"What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes."Cicero
"Freedom is not the absence of all constraints, but the mastery of one's desires."Avicenna
"To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible."Thomas Aquinas
"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."Epictetus
"No one can rob you of your free will."Epictetus
"Zeus has made me free."Epictetus
"The truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery."Epictetus
"No one is free who is not a master of himself."Epictetus
"A slave is not the person who must serve, but the person who must obey."Epictetus
"It is not possible for a man to be truly free when he is a slave to his body."Epictetus
"See that you are not chained by your own thoughts."Epictetus
"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life."Epictetus
"True freedom is being free from the things we don't need."Seneca
"No one can rob you of your free will."Seneca
"Some people are born slaves, others become slaves by their circumstances, and still others enslave themselves."Seneca
"What is discipline without freedom? Slavery."Seneca
"The more you own, the more it owns you."Seneca
