#fr

I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#freedom-of-thought #freedom

Before the sparrow arrived, you had almost stopped thinking about flight. Then, last winter, it soared through the sky and landed in front of you, or more precisely on the windowsill of the covered balcony adjoining your bedroom. You knew the grimy window panes were caked with dead ants and dust, and smelt as sour as the curtains. But the sparrow wasn’t put off. It jumped inside the covered balcony and ruffled its feathers, releasing a sweet smell of tree bark into the air. Then it flew into your bedroom, landed on your chest and stayed there like a cold egg. ↗

— Ma Jian

#sparrow #spirit #freedom

Solaris a blaze of freedom raging. ↗

— R.J. Askew

#freedom

While these Christians (the majority in a recent poll) are particularly concerned that religious freedoms are being eroded in this country, “they also want Judeo-Christians to dominate the culture, ↗

— David Kinnaman

#religious-freedom #freedom

Why should the constitution of a peaceful individual hold less weight than the constitution of a nation? ↗

— Joshua Emmet

#peace #philosophy #politics #freedom

You are dealing with national security. Anything labeled a national security issie is taken out from the system. There is no due process, no lawyers. They may do with us what they wish. Fear is a government's greatest weapon. With it, they can convince a people that they need to abandon their freedom. In exchange, they get safety. Of course, you just trade one monster for another, but by the time the people realize this, it is too late. -- Excerpt from Superhero. ↗

— Victor Methos

#government #illusion #rights #safety #superhero

The quest of discovering your empowered self is a process of refinement, not accumulation. Cut away the nonsense, the drama, the regret, the scars of the past, and make a decision to no longer let them govern your happiness and freedom. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#empowerment #freedom #happiness #life #past

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#philosophy #thought #freedom

There can never be any real freedom on earth as long as people try to exert ownership over the natural resources of the world. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#ownership #possession #freedom

Relationships are a development and a dance between our inner male and female sides. It is a balance and a dance between love and freedom, between aloneness and relating, between strength and receptivity, between closeness and distance, between intellect and intuition, between relaxation and activity and between meeting and leaving. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#joy #love #relationships #freedom