#om

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear. ↗

— St. Catherine of Siena

#fear #freedom-of-speech #truth #truth-telling #freedom

He meant the Kingdom was over, the Kingdom of Heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn't live as if it mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.... We have to be all those difficult things like cheerful and kind and curious and patient, and we've got to study and think and work hard, all of us, in all our different world, and then we'll build... The Republic of Heaven. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#freedom #heaven #freedom

The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#liberty #truth #freedom

William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#cooperation #freedom #organization #revolution #freedom

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#discipline #freedom #freedom

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#insanity #intellectual #self-help #freedom

Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn. ↗

— José Rizal

#liberty #freedom

It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its more subtle expressions like responsibility and expectation, is a vain attempt to create certainly out of uncertainty. And contrary to what you might think, I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

#control #control-freaks #god #law #law-and-gospel

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#founding-fathers #freedom #liberty #thomas-jefferson #freedom

Freedom is never given; it is won. ↗

— A. Philip Randolph

#given #never #won