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I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice. -- Corliss Lamont
True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. -- Corliss Lamont
True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price. -- Bryant H. McGill
True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others. -- Jonathan Sacks
How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion, and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom. -- Karl Rahner
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery. -- Pope John Paul II
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. -- Mortimer Adler
Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom. -- William James
True freedom comes about through confidence in liberating any and all thought states. -- Tsoknyi Rinpoche
What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment. -- Georg C. Lichtenberg
Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. -- Eckhart Tolle
The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection. -- Tara Brach
it takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is -- Lana Del Rey
The freedom to kill is not a true freedom, but a tyranny that reduces human beings to slavery. -- Pope Benedict XVI
True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free! -- James Russell Lowell
True freedom is living as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience in this moment. This inner alignment with the Now is the end of suffering. -- Eckhart Tolle
Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness. -- Pope John Paul II
Seek and find the freedom of the spirit, for where there is true freedom, there is peace, and where there is peace, there is love,and it is love that unlocks all doors. -- Eileen Caddy
America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life. -- Pope John Paul II
Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world's expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being. -- Pope John Paul II
We can be unhappy about many things, but jy can still be there... It is important to become aware that at every moment of our life we have an opportunity to choose joy... It is in the choice that our true freedom lies, and that freedom is, in the final analysis, the freedom to love. -- Henri Nouwen
I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of those dreams dashed and divided like a million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again, sparkling and broken. But I didn't really mind, because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is. -- Lana Del Rey
It is clear that the flame of True Freedom had passed with naval supremacy and constitutional, consultative government from the United Provinces to Great Britain, where it was regarded with quite as much national pride. -- Peter Padfield
You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices. -- Don Lemon
I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of religious faith. -- Mohammed Morsi
It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom. -- Bryant H. McGill
I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity. -- Josephine Baker
The paradox of faith is that when we conform our lives to Christ then we gain our true freedom. And its fruit is profound and lasting happiness. -- Vincent Nichols
Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as manifest and welcome. -- Louis Sullivan
Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it. -- Mary Landrieu
Religion, art, and science flourish best in a free society. True, freedom does not afford much opportunity for grand gestures. It has little room for martyrs. But life is not supposed to be about dying well. It is about living well. -- Virginia Postrel
The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom. -- Arthur Middleton
It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only binds you. In fact, religious bondage is one of the most crippling bondages with which a person can be encumbered. Religious bondage keeps one in constant fear, guilt, and anxiety. -- Joseph Prince
True obedience is true freedom. -- Henry Ward Beecher
True freedom comes from being unknown. -- Ruth Ozeki
True salvation is freedom from negativity. -- Eckhart Tolle
In true love, you attain freedom. -- Nhat Hanh
There is true freedom in letting go. -- Amy Dickinson
While poverty persists, there is no true freedom. -- Nelson Mandela
True happiness involves the freedom to be yourself. -- Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
True love can exist only in freedom from possession. -- Shekhar Kapur
True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment. -- Dada Vaswani
Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play. -- Agnes de Mille
The only true law is that which leads to freedom, -- Richard Bach
Nothing you believe is true. To know this is freedom. -- Byron Katie
True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything. -- Michel de Montaigne
Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise. -- Pierre Beaumarchais
True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree. -- Henry Cloud
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. -- Brigham Young
True and absolute freedom is only found in the presence of God. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!True anyhow no matter how manyLiars use those words. -- Langston Hughes
The true lover realizes that freedom is needed for loyalty to blossom. -- Paulo Coelho
True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to. -- James C. Collins
It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom. -- Sri Chinmoy
Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won. -- William Wallace
I feel that true freedom lies within, where I shall never find it. -- John S. Hall
True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything. -- Adyashanti
The wholeness and freedom we seek is our true nature, who we really are. -- Jack Kornfield
When we become captive to the Word of God, then we discover true freedom. -- Alistair Begg
True freedom is the right to say something that others don't want to hear. -- George Orwell
The true liberation, the true path to freedom, lay in the ability to forgive. -- Alyson Noel
That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ. -- Pope Francis
The dream world, the true freedom of the imagination, does not open to self-conscious manipulation. -- Wendy Beckett
True freedom means freeing oneself from the dictates of the ego and its accompanying emotions. -- Matthieu Ricard
Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true. -- Gautama Buddha
True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave -- Bangambiki Habyarimana
True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways. -- John Twelve Hawks
Willing sets you free: that is the true doctrine of will and freedom--thus Zarathustra instructs you. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true. -- Abigail Van Buren
True freedom from fear consists of totally resigning one's life into the hands of the Lord. -- David Wilkerson
Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated. -- James E. Faust
True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need. -- Eckhart Tolle
I experience true freedom when I accept, understand, and move on from the conditioning of the past. -- Deepak Chopra
True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system. -- Bruce Lee
Liberal learning is both a safeguard against false ideas of freedom and a source of true ones. -- Alfred Whitney Griswold
Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be. -- Henri Nouwen
To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves. -- Walter Benjamin
The True Lover is the one who realizes that Loyalty must go hand in hand with Freedom. -- Paulo Coelho
Time and space, and freedom. That's what I want most. Isn't that true for all of us? -- Mark Alan Stamaty
Freedom and victory belong to those who remain true and strong despite temptation to be dishonest and weak. -- Brendon Burchard
I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses. -- Ice Cube
The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it. -- Robert A. Heinlein
True freedom lies within how and if we choose to fly,Perhaps I need to focus on flying, -- Nicole Renee Wyatt
That is really the freedom that allows you to create something that is exciting because who knows what's true? -- Eva Green
It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself. -- Berthold Auerbach
Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom. -- Andrea Bocelli
True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all. -- Mahatma Gandhi
To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom. -- Tara Brach
True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom. -- Erwin McManus
When you reduce what you need in life to the bare minimum, then that's when you achieve true freedom. -- Mark Boyle
The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline. -- Matthew Kelly
Intellectually, as politically, the direction of all true progress is towards greater freedom, and along an endless succession of ideas. -- Christian Nestell Bovee
You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way". -- Richard Bach
True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us. -- Meryl Streep
Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition. -- Edmund Burke
The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings. -- Alice Miller
No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence. -- Susan B. Anthony
Love is authentic only when it gives freedom. Love is true only when it respects the other person's individuality, his privacy. -- Rajneesh
If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand. -- Ronald Reagan
True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself. -- Lord Chesterfield
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. -- Milan Kundera
Those who have a true love of freedom will do everything in their power to keep the freedom that they have. -- Billy Graham
It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways. -- Fernando Perez
..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. -- Richard J. Foster
When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health. -- David J. Lieberman
The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves.... -- Helen Keller
This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice. -- Steve Hagen
And does not true freedom mean choosing ways in this world that lead to the good of all and are guided by love? -- Pope Francis
A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom. -- Michel de Montaigne
The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country's freedom. -- Mahatma Gandhi
True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom. -- Jack Canfield
True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail. -- Rajneesh
The real purpose of est was to create space for people to participate in life - to experience true space and freedom in life. -- Werner Erhard
Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises. -- Simon Schama
True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, you're already learning how to make it less harmful. -- Martha Beck
True life is creativity, not development: it is the freedom for creative acts, for creative fire, rather than necessity and the heaviness of congealing self-perfection. -- Nikolai Berdyaev
Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid. -- Miley Cyrus
Only freedom from prejudice and tireless zeal avail for the most holy of the endeavours of mankind, the practice of the true art of healing. -- Samuel Hahnemann

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