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> [Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/negative-freedom-is-freedom-from-freedom-from-oppression-whether-it-s/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

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## More by Os Guinness

> [Too often we forget that the great men of faith reached the heights they did only by going through the depths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/too-often-we-forget-that-the-great-men-of-faith-reached-the-heights/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/there-are-lots-of-people-depending-on-the-government-who-are-good/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [American views today are weak, confused, and divided. On one side, many progressive liberals still think that we humans are essentially good and getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/american-views-today-are-weak-confused-and-divided-on-one-side-many/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/what-is-undeniable-is-that-when-comforts-and-convenience-sap-our/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It's the power to do what you ought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/freedom-is-not-the-permission-to-do-what-you-like-it-s-the-power-to/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [“It is realistic rather than cynical to observe that in a fallen world there are degrees of virtue in relation to what is right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/it-is-realistic-rather-than-cynical-to-observe-that-in-a-fallen-world/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [For the grand and inescapable tradition of western literary classics confronts us with fundamental choices over our understanding of words, reading and art, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/for-the-grand-and-inescapable-tradition-of-western-literary-classics/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [“The story is told of Socrates walking through the market in Athens, with its groaning abundance of options, and saying to himself, "Who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/the-story-is-told-of-socrates-walking-through-the-market-in-athens/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [By our uncritical pursuit of relevance we have actually courted irrelevance; by our breathless chase after relevance without a matching committment to faithfulness, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/by-our-uncritical-pursuit-of-relevance-we-have-actually-courted/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [Evangelicalism can only remain evangelical if it is passionately serious about truth and theology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/evangelicalism-can-only-remain-evangelical-if-it-is-passionately/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [“Sometimes when I listen to people who say they have lost their faith, I am far less surprised than they expect. If their view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/sometimes-when-i-listen-to-people-who-say-they-have-lost-their-faith/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [“Neither secular progress nor secular progressives have brought the West where they once promised. Nor can they.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/neither-secular-progress-nor-secular-progressives-have-brought-the/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [This is also why it is wrong to treat God as a grand employment agency, a celestial executive searcher to find perfect fits for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/this-is-also-why-it-is-wrong-to-treat-god-as-a-grand-employment/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [We human beings are never happier than when we are expressing the deepest gifts that are truly us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/we-human-beings-are-never-happier-than-when-we-are-expressing-the/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

> [Christ is the only way to God, but there are as many ways to Christ as there are people who come to Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/christ-is-the-only-way-to-god-but-there-are-as-many-ways-to-christ-as/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

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