#om

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#tolerance #freedom

Men can beat each other to a pulp and still walk away friends. With a woman, once an enemy, always an enemy. Women will sit like a spider, for years, waiting for the chance to strike. They never forget and seldom forgive. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#men-and-women #forgiveness

...there is nothing unforgivable and there are no secrets before an all-knowing merciful God. ↗

— J.E.B. Spredemann

#forgiveness #god #grace #mercy #omniscient

Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don’t care, I’m still free You can’t take the sky from me Take me out to the black Tell them I ain’t comin’ back Burn the land and boil the sea You can’t take the sky from me There’s no place I can be Since I found Serenity But you can’t take the sky from me… ↗

— Joss Whedon

#character-strength #firefly #freedom #music #song-lyrics

You think he’s perfect and he’s safe and, in your head, he can do anything... but he can’t save you, Sara... and I can’t save you either. ↗

— Emme Rollins

#love #loving #new-adult #new-adult-romance #romance

At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have happened but didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#destiny #lives #moment #change

Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#life #freedom

I know that in the end, God will forgive me. He will forgive your father, me, and you too. I hope you can do the same. Forgive your father if you can. Forgive me if you wish. But most important, forgive yourself. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#forgiveness #wisdom #family

It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#feminism #identity #independence #living-vicariously #self-discovery

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if hes does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#solitude #freedom