“What is freedom when you're too beholden to act spontaneously” — Hilary Thayer Hamann Copy Share Image
I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Freedom is not the capacity to do whatever we please; freedom is the capacity to make intelligent choices. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious. — John Milton Copy Share Image
You only maintain true independence when you have YOUR OWN tests to pass, not someone else's. — Aubrey ODay Copy Share Image
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to… — Raymond Smullyan Copy Share Image
The only free mind is one that, pure of all intimacy with beings or objects, plies its own vacuity. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I don't work with men who are antagonistic to the liberation of women. I do work with quite a number of men… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's quite obvious that the 'Dark Souls' franchise is reaching a turning point, and I'm happy that I have a greater budget… — Hidetaka Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It seems to me that metaphors come down to a certain idea of interconnectedness - that everything relates to everything else. Metaphors… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
“Congress approved of the Declaration of Independence on July 2, 1776 but returned it to Adams and Jefferson for some fine tuning… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Women, post-menopause, go back to how they were before they started menstruating, and there's this great freedom in a woman's life when… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
If we could all live solitary and without labor, we could all enjoy this ecstasy of independence; since we cannot, its delights… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“He was a wounded animal who needed to be put down. And Kaz had done it gladly, choked the life from him… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image