#reed

In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred,It is a paryer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present. ↗

— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

#freedom #sacred-p- #beauty

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#bachelorhood #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#humanity #mistakes #freedom

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#freedom #oppression #freedom

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#women #writing #freedom

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#empowerment #flaws #freedom #gender #identity

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. ↗

— George Orwell

#ignorance #inspirational #war #freedom

Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#literature #philosophy #freedom

Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#self #freedom

Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. ↗

— Bob Marley

#liberty #life #revolution #freedom