Free Quotes
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The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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I am writing this during my free . . . oops! un-assigned period, at the end of my first day of teaching. So far, I have taught nothing — but I have learned a great deal. To wit: We have to punch a time clock and abide by the Rules. We must make sure our students likewise abide, and that they sign the time sheet whenever they leave or reenter a room. We have keys but no locks (except in lavatories), blackboards but no chalk, students but no seats, teachers but no time to teach. The library is closed to the students.
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And now that I don't want to own anything any more and am free, now I suddenly own everything, now my inner riches are immeasurable.
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Only free men are thoroughly grateful one to another.
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This hand is free of blood, and this hand is free from the stain of corruption.
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I believe the free enterprise system is not an economic alternative. It's a moral imperative.
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Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.
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Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that is through advertising, a patron's largesse or a license fee. Advertising is no longer subsidising the industry and so the cost must fall somewhere - why not on the people who use it?
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The camera is, in a sense, both a way to get close, and to break free. It is a testimony to independence as well as a new way to relate to the world.
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It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.
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Something I would always remember. When you forget how bad it hurts, you feel so free.
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You either act on ideas or you set them free. You don’t dwell on ideas.
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What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both.
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Finally he had decided that he had to free Lila, even if at that moment, perhaps, she had no desire to be freed. But—he had said to himself—it takes time for people to understand what’s good and what’s bad, and helping them means doing for them what in a particular moment of their life they aren’t capable of doing.
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I see the possibilities of a new kind of painting. With free surfaces, the goal I was always steering towards.
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Free time is the enemy of progress. Because free time. Sitting around. Is not doing.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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I felt like one who wants to trap and cage a little bird, and after years of waiting and luring and baiting finds that she must do no more than hold out her hand, and the finch lands on her finger and does not fly. You scarcely dare to move. It rests on your hand whole and free, foolishly trusting and infinitely courageous. It will never be more beautiful.
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There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will.
