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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"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."
Laozi
"The Master views things with equanimity. She is not constrained by limitation."
Laozi
"Throwing out justice, discard law; people become hundred times happier."
Laozi
"Forget knowledge and you will be free of its limitations."
Laozi
"The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom."
Epicurus
"Freedom comes from understanding our needs and desires."
Epicurus
"Do not regard authority based on the opinions of the multitude."
Epicurus
"The world owes you nothing; this alone will set you free."
Epicurus
H
"Freedom is the acceptance of necessity."
Heraclitus
"True freedom lies not in the absence of constraint, but in the mastery of oneself."
Thales of Miletus
A
"The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being bosnia but means to choose, to separate, to divide, to cut off."
Aristotle
P
"No one is free who is a slave to the flesh."
Pythagoras
P
"True freedom is the freedom to choose one's own thoughts."
Pythagoras
"The one who has made a fair compact with regard to injustice is liberated from fear."
Epicurus
H
"To master something is to become enslaved by it."
Heraclitus
P
"The prison-house is ever present to the mind of the prisoner."
Plato
S
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Socrates
"We must free ourselves from the prison of bad opinions and prejudices of the crowd."
Epicurus
E
"Freedom is a gift that must be earned and guarded."
Elrond
E
"Freedom without responsibility becomes tyranny of another kind."
Elrond
T
"My voice may be limited, but my spirit is limitless."
Timmy
A
"Choice of the evil is in our power."
Aristotle
A
"The basis of the good life is freedom, but the basis of a free life is death."
Aristotle
A
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve one's health, but in all other matters it is bad to be influenced by it."
Aristotle
A
"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."
Aristotle
H
"Your life awaits."
Hans
H
"I'm such a fool. I can't be free."
Hans
P
"To find yourself, think for yourself."
Plato
P
"Excess of freedom leads to excess of slavery."
Plato
T
"Being true to yourself is freedom."
Timmy