“Sicherheit ist die gut ausbalancierte Freiheit aller.”
Source: Der Terrorist als Gesetzgeber. Wie man mit Angst Politik macht
“Der Staat, der nur wegen und aus der Freiheit seiner Menschen besteht, darf sich nicht gegen seine Schöpfer wenden.”
Source: Der Terrorist als Gesetzgeber. Wie man mit Angst Politik macht
“Ihr könnt nur frei sein, wenn selbst der Wunsch, die Freiheit zu suchen, euch zum Zügel wird und wenn ihr aufhört, von Freiheit als Ziel und Erfüllung zu reden.”
“Das freieste Lied dringt nicht durch Gitter und Draht.”
“Like plants, people don’t thrive under constant handling. Give them space—and they will surprise you.”
“By being yourself, you fulfill your destiny. It’s your unique gifts, thoughts, and ideas that the world needs. No one else can give them to the world because they’re yours. Be yourself and bask in the power derived from self-realization.”
Source: Let's Talk: ...About Making Your Life Exciting, Easier, And Exceptional
“Freedom of the heart and the mind is a splendid thing. It’s no guarantee that a high birth will ensure it, or, for that matter, even a high education. It’s not that ill-treatment will always become a catalyst to rebellion. Scores of ill-treated women retreat more and more into their shell of limitations. It’s not certain that a master or guru will awaken you from that slumber; there is no guarantee about these things. No. You cannot be sure. And then, what all this will not achieve, one quiet moment of insight will.”
Source: Fourteen Springs of Separation
“The problem with me? I like my freedom a little too much. And I might have a small problem with authority.”
Source: Titanoboa
“Valancy got up and dressed, with a deepening of that curious sense of freedom. When she had finished with her hair she opened the window and hurled the jar of potpourri over into the next lot. It smashed gloriously against the schoolgirl complexion on the old carriage-shop.
“I’m sick of the fragrance of dead things,” said Valancy.”
Source: The Blue Castle
“Outlaw to outcast may be a step forward, but it does not achieve the full promise of liberty.”
Source: Obergefell v Hodges: United States Supreme Court, #14:556, decided June 26, 2015