Quotes on Real Freedom

The really important kind of freedom involves...being able truly to care about other people...

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

Women want to be free to choose from the same range of options that men take for granted. In our quest for equal pay, equal access to education and opportunities, we have made great strides. But until women can move freely and think freely in their homes, on the streets, in the workplace without the fear of violence, there can be no real freedom.

If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.

Few males achieve any real freedom in their sexual relations even with their wives. Few males realise how badly inhibited they are on these matters.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence.

Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man. One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead. Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.

The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.