#freed

Es dauerte einen Moment, bis er ihr antwortete: Nein, ich spreche von... von eurer Freiheit, glaube ich. Von dem Glück, das ihr habt, für euch zu leben und auf alles andere zu pfeifen. ↗

— Anna Gavalda

#freiheit #glück #happiness #luck #freedom

To do something for someone or something you loved- England or Shakespeare or a dog or the Hodbins or history- wasn't a sacrifice at all. Even if it cost you your freedom, your life, your youth. ↗

— Connie Willis

#sacrifice #freedom

I have nothing to do with the partisans. I wish to defy society not in order to improve it, but to hold it at bay no matter what. I suspend my achievements – but also my demands. ↗

— Ernst Jünger

#ernst-jünger #freedom #society #freedom

The system has already anticipated the freedom seeking mechanism in humans. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#humanity #systems #freedom

A tolerance that no longer distinguishes between good and evil would become chaotic and self-destructive, just as a freedom that did not respect the freedom of others or find the common measure of our respective liberties would become anarchy and destroy authority. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#tolerance #freedom

Das freieste Lied dringt nicht durch Gitter und Draht. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#freedom

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only, do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. ↗

— Galatians

#freedom

If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ↗

— Stephen King

#censorship #challenged-books #freedom-of-speech #freedom

You shouldn't blame others for the conditions you endure; we each have the freedom to follow which path we desire in life. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#conditions #desire #endure #follow #freedom

Everybody's a bird, locked up in a pretty cage. Sometimes you fly to a slightly bigger one, but you never quite have the courage to abandon captivity completely. ↗

— Dave McKean

#cage #freedom #courage