#freedom

What drove us crazy wasn't necessarily the sexual freedom his critic claimed he was unleashing, but freedom, period. Freedom to be yourself, to express yourself, to wear what you wanted to wear, to look the way you wanted to look, to have your own style, your own talk. ↗

— Larry Geller

#elvis-presley #freedom #if-i-can-dream #dreams

The more the level of insecurity is reduced, the more the level of faith will grow. ↗

— Victor Manuel Rivera

#freedom #leadership #faith

He had been someone before. That person had been the result of a lifetime of choices, good and bad. And like it or not, he was drawing closer to that identity now. Not the freedom of infinite variety, but the tyranny of a decision made, a path walked, a life lived. What if he didn't like the view? ↗

— Markus Sakey

#identity #life #freedom

Freedom is to stand naked at the moment, having no expectations, nothing to lose or to gain. The empty then is fulfilled, just to be emptied again at the next moment. The Absolute Freedom is, to become every path, at any given moment. ↗

— Grigoris Deoudis

#expectations #freedom #moment #naked #path

We want our children to have a childhood that's magical and enriched, but I'll bet that your best childhood memories involve something you were thrilled to do by yourself. These are childhood's magic words: "I did it myself! ↗

— Lenore Skenazy

#memories #parenting #freedom

Freedom, democracy, and socialism can only ever exist together; it is impossible to have any one without the other two. ↗

— Michel Templet

#politics #socialism #freedom

The boy felt jealous of the freedom of the wind, and saw that he could have the same freedom. There was nothing to hold him back except himself. ↗

— Paolo Coehlo

#freedom

Hanya politik sosialisme yang akan dapat menggerakkan rakyat Indonesia mencapai kemerdekaannya untuk memerintah negaranya sendiri dan membagi secara adil pendapatan negara. ↗

— Semaoen

#freedom #socialism #freedom

The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure the life or property of anyone else. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#freedom

Mene više ništa ne može da porazi. Ni začudi. Ni zasmeje. Zato iskreno sažaljevam žive. Oni ne znaju da je od prostora na zemlji čoveku neophodan samo prostor komotnog ležaja. Od vremena, dok voli. Od imanja, da nije ni gladan ni žedan. Od znanja, da zna svoje telo. Od prava, da sme da ne voli onog koga ne voli. I još ponešto slobode za sebičluk i igru ↗

— Dobrica Ćosić

#life #life-philosophy #serbian #freedom