25 result(s) for 1800s Authors Quotes About Life And Freedom.
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will."
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
"The best proof of love is trust."
"Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
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"What is now proved was once only imagined."
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven…"
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."
"Freedom is not the absence of commitment, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me."
"Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."
"None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise, none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!"
"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying."
"He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor hindrances, nor violence; whose actions are unimpeded, whose desires successful, whose aversions do not fall into what he would avoid."
"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires."
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it."
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."
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"I think therefore I am."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
