"Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery."

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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

Pat Conroy, American Writer

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"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"Freedom for freedoms sake."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

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"As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

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"So many birds sitting around, on a dead wire, a bare branch, a cold ground, a drifting seashore; never realizing the glory in their wings and where it can take them, nor the envy as we look on them."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

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"When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong."

Stephen Richards, British Author

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"Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service."

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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

"Freedom for freedoms sake."

"As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time."

"So many birds sitting around, on a dead wire, a bare branch, a cold ground, a drifting seashore; never realizing the glory in their wings and where it can take them, nor the envy as we look on them."

"When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities."

"Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body."

"You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong."

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"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

"Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service."

"I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning."

"Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy."

"For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy."

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."