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“That the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and Christian tolerance were used to denote kindness and compassion. To perform a "Christian" act meant an act of giving, of acceptance, of toleration. Now, Christian is invariably linked to right-wing conservative political thought -- Christian nation, Christian morality, Christian values, Christian family.”

“When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice, so airy and fresh. You can stretch your wings and breathe the air. You can do anything you want. You have experienced cheerfulness and joy, and finally the bliss of freedom occurs in you.”

Want Joy Can Do Freedom Space Nice Air Blue Wings Breathe Bliss Unnecessary Cheerfulness Airy Unnecessary Things

Book:The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness (volume 3): The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

Source: The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness (volume 3): The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three

“Civilization has not ever been the brother of equality. Freedom was born among the wild eyries in the mountains; and barbarous tribes have sheltered under her wings, when the enlightened people of the plain have nestled under different pinions.”

People Different Born Freedom Brother Civilization Mountain Wings Enlightened Tribes

Book:Mardi and a Voyage Thither: Volulme Three, Scholarly Edition

Source: Mardi and a Voyage Thither: Volulme Three, Scholarly Edition

“Have you ever been up in your plane at night, alone, somewhere, 20,000 feet above the ocean?... Did you ever hear music up there?... It's the music a man's spirit sings to his heart, when the earth's far away and there isn't any more fear. It's the high, fine, beautiful sound of an earth-bound creature who grew wings and flew up high and looked straight into the face of the future. And caught, just for an instant, the unbelievable vision of a free man in a free world.”

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”

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Author:Langston Hughes

“Ever try to hold a butterfly? It can't be done. You damage them," he said. 'As gentle as you try to be, you take the powder from their wings and they won't ever fly the same. It's kinder to let them go.”

Trying Said Done Freedom Relationship Wise Words Letting Go Wings Separation Gentle Novelists Damage Be You Butterfly Break Up Powder Kinder Splitting

Book:The Rose Garden

Source: The Rose Garden

“Tie two birds together. They will not be able to fly, even though they now have four wings.”

Two Able Together Freedom Four Bird Wings Ties Two Birds

Author:Rumi

“My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.”

Names Freedom Cutting Kings Angel Wings West East Pathways East And West My Angel

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

“Freedom needs all her poets; it is they Who give her aspirations wings, And to the wiser law of music sway Her wild imaginings.”

Needs Giving Law Freedom Poet Wings Aspiration Wiser

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.”

Soul Use Spiritual Freedom Wings Ruins Contemplation Honey Sweetness Hinder

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”