#freedom

And because God's love is uncoercive and treasures our freedom - if above all he wants us to love him, then we must be left free not to love him - we are free to resist it, deny it, crucify it finally, which we do again and again. This is our terrible freedom, which love refuses to overpower so that, in this, the greatest of all powers, God's power, is itself powerless. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#god-s-love #freedom

Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19) ↗

— Erin Gruwell

#nothing #solve #freedom

The woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts, her special calling which bears her up into perfect freedom, into the will of God. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#freedom

Inhaling, I am ignited with the first breath of freedom ↗

— Poppet

#vampire-romance #freedom

If you cannot be free, be a mystery. ↗

— Rita Dove

#freedom

It is depressing to have to point out, yet again, that there is a distinction between having the legal right to say something & having the moral right not to be held accountable for what you say. Being asked to apologise for saying something unconscionable is not the same as being stripped of the legal right to say it. It’s really not very f-cking complicated. Cry “free speech” in such contexts, you are demanding the right to speak any bilge you wish without apology or fear of comeback. You are demanding not legal rights but an end to debate about and criticism of what you say. When did bigotry get so needy? ↗

— China Miéville

#bigotry #freedom-of-speech #whining #freedom

He couldn’t say it. He couldn’t tell her how much she had come to mean to him. She could destroy him with her rejection. If she had feigned her feelings for him – if he’d bought into her lies and her quest for freedom…. He wasn’t sure what he would do. He could hurt her." Caleb. ↗

— C.J. Roberts

#freedom

Why do we have to behave like idiots to prove we're not a stereotype? Why do we have to rebel against ourselves? Enjoy the freedom to be shy ↗

— T.J. Bowes

#rebel #shy #stereotypes #freedom

The social system is taking on a form in which finding out what you want to do is less and less of an option because your life is too structured, organised, controlled and disciplined. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#learning #work #freedom

The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#freedom #good #slavery #freedom