Freedom Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do.

— W. Somerset Maugham

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well

— W. Somerset Maugham

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing…

— W. Somerset Maugham

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“[...] perhaps these thirty years of revolution had taught him that men are unfit for liberty, and he thought that he had…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“..."he was responsible only to himself for the things he did. Freedom! He was his own master at last. From old habit,…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Suddenly he realised that he had lost also that burden of responsibility which made every action of his life a matter of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“He could breathe more freely in a lighter air. He was responsible only to himself for the things he did. Freedom! He…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“It gives him spiritual freedom. To him life is a tragedy and by his gift of creation he enjoys the catharsis a…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“But to secure freedom, entire and absolute freedom, she was ever ready to make any sacrifice: ties affected her with a discomfort…

— W. Somerset Maugham

This love was a torment, and he resented bitterly the subjugation in which it held him; he was a prisoner and he…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“You rejoice in your freedom, and you feel that at last you can call your soul your own. You seem to walk…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“The Absolute. Reality. You can't say what it is; you can only say what it isn't. It's inexpressible. It's nowhere and everywhere.…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Perhaps his taciturnity hid a contempt for the human race which had abandoned the great dreams of his youth and now wallowed…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Freedom! That was the thought that sung in her heart so that even though the future was so dim, it was iridescent…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“What he taught was very simple. He taught that we are all greater than we know and that wisdom is the means…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“[The goal is] "liberation from the bondage of rebirth. According to the Vedantists the self, which they call the atman and we…

— W. Somerset Maugham