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“The most difficult thing for spiritual seekers to do is to stop struggling, striving, seeking, and searching. Why? Because in the absence of struggle you don't know who you are; you lose your boundaries, you lose your separateness, you lose your specialness, you lose the dream you have lived all your life. Eventually you lose everything that your mind has created and awaken to who you truly are: the fullness of freedom, unbound by any identifications, identities, or boundaries.”

“Freedom is the total absence of concern about yourself.”

Freedom Concern Absence About Yourself

Book:Being-in-dreaming

Source: Being-in-dreaming

“Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.”

May Desire Fear Freedom Obstacles Absence Defined Realization

Book:The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell: A Fresh Look at Empiricism 1927-42

Source: The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell: A Fresh Look at Empiricism 1927-42

“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.”

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.”

Inspirational Freedom Ability Commitment Absence Commit Freedom To Choose Zahir Ability To Choose

Book:The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession

Source: The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession

“Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. The preservation of freedom requires the elimination of such concentration of power to the fullest possible extent and the dispersal and distribution of whatever power cannot be eliminated — a system of checks and balances.”

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.”

Firsts Real Government Felt Freedom Consciousness Possibility Exercise Activity Longing Various Absence Dominion

Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt

“Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect.”

People Made Force Social Freedom Decision Liberty Instruments Threat Absence Decision Making Evident Retrospect Social Relationships

Author:Thomas Sowell

“When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.”

Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches

“Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights.”

Humans War Justice Freedom Liberty Rights Human Rights Absence Recognition True Peace

Book:Ronald Reagan

Source: Ronald Reagan