#ration

Shutting out all external objects, fixing the vision between the eyebrows, making even the inward and outward breaths, the sage who has controlled the senses, mind and understanding, who is intent upon liberation, who has cast away desire, fear and anger, he is ever freed. ↗

— The Bhagavad Gita

#human #inspirational #life #spiritual #wisdom

How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation. ↗

— Judith Orloff

#emotions #inspiration #judith-orloff #reaction #freedom

Saying sorry doesn't mean there isn't guilt & forgiving doesn't mean that the pain is gone. ↗

— Harriet Morgan

#guilt #inspirational #pain #sad #forgiveness

Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#inspirational #literature #freedom

Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#inspirational #freedom

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#inspirational #president #freedom

Because if you don't stand up for the stuff you don't like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you've already lost. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#inspirational #freedom

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window. ↗