Constructs Quote by Judith Butler

“If norms are oppressive, try to foster acceptance of deviations, don't try to destroy the norms themselves — that's a fool's errand.”

— T.J. Kirk

Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

— Richard J. Foster

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

— Robert Frost

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and nursery-like belief…

— C. S. Lewis

Freedom lies outside the pattern of society; but to be free of that pattern you have to understand the whole content of it, which…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“True freedom is moving beyond all clinging and attachments, whether mystical or mundane. It is not a moving beyond enjoyment of either, just releasing…

— Bonnie L. Greenwell

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

— David J. Lieberman

I must settle for freedom in this modern time

— Leila Aboulela

“Stay in the middle of the bell-curve of social norms and follow along, or you will find out the about freedom you never had.”

— Bryant McGill

Individuality is freedom lived.

— John Dos Passos

In the West, there's a myth that freedom means free expression-that to follow all desires wherever they take one is true freedom. In fact,…

— Jack Kornfield

In the modern view, unbridled personal freedom is the only good to be pursued; any obstacle to it is a problem to be overcome.

— Anthony Daniels