#freedom

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#bound #flood #flows #freedom #own

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#opinions

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#liberties #man #only #other #protect

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#feel #freedom #i #like #possibility

Even before I knew I was gay, I knew I didn't want to have a child. I knew I didn't want to have one. I never want to have to release it from me. Listen, I love babies. I love children. And I melt when I'm around them. I also love my freedom and I love that I can sleep at night. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#around #babies #before #child #children

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #beings #come #doing #face

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order. ↗

— Will Durant

#discovery #freedom #great #great discovery #i

I have the freedom to do what I want... bright people to talk to every day. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#day #every #every day #freedom #i

On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#came #comrades #despairing #farewell #freedom

They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to al Qaeda. ↗