Quotes about Liberation
For seven years he had lived bound to her,his every step subject to her scrutiny. She might as well have chained iron balls to his ankles. Suddenly his step was much lighter. He soared. He had entered Parmenides' magic field: he was enjoying the sweet lightness of being''.
— Milan Kundera
You are what you want to become. Why search anymore? You are a wonderful manifestation. The whole universe has come together to make your existence possible. There is nothing that is not you. The kingdom of God, the Pure Land, nirvana, happiness, and liberation are all you.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
I feel so sorry that many Christians live in bondage even though Jesus has signed their release form with His own blood.
— Brother Yun
Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.
— Bruce Lee
A conditioned mind is never a free mind.
— Bruce Lee
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
When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.
— Desmond Tutu
God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing.
— Desmond Tutu
The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.
— Nelson Mandela
we now are invited to extend that same grace to others. We are to be like God and forgive. We are to see people who do evil with the possibility that they can be healed. And we are to extend to them the same grace God extends to us. We are all victims of the crushing power of sin, and all in need of liberation.
— Shane Claiborne
If you love something, set it free.
— Abraham Lincoln
Observe also that an honest theoretician does not try to present his ideas in the guise of their opposites. But Kant's philosophy is presented as "pure reason"—altruism is presented as a doctrine of "love"—communism is presented as "liberation"—and egalitarianism is presented as "justice.
— Ayn Rand