Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world‘s expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being.

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.

True freedom from fear consists of totally resigning one’s life into the hands of the Lord.

When you reduce what you need in life to the bare minimum, then that’s when you achieve true freedom.

Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as manifest and welcome.

The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These few will greatly enjoy the divine inspiration and will be prepared to stand for the dignity of Man and true freedom and to keep the Law of God, even of it means martyrdom or death.

True freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is genuine liberty because doing what we ought now pleases us

It is my sincere hope that every person in India will experience true freedom of faith, regardless of religion.

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

True obedience is true freedom.

I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went up I could be whoever I wanted to be, and that was true freedom – to be myself.

When we become captive to the Word of God, then we discover true freedom.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

Thoughts, words, ideas and information, free from any bonds or restrictions, is the very concrete which pours out a foundation strong enough that upon which a house, stable and lasting, of true freedom and liberty may be built.

And does not true freedom mean choosing ways in this world that lead to the good of all and are guided by love?

Following Jesus means taking up one’s own cross to accompany him on his path, an uncomfortable path that is not one of success or earthly glory, but which leads to true freedom, the freedom from selfishness and sin.

Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.

It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is.

The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it.

The priest is Christ‘s slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom.

The one true freedom in life is to come to terms with death, and as early as possible, for death is an event that embraces all our lives. And the only way to have a good death is to lead a good life. The more we do God’s will, the less unfinished business we leave behind when we die.

Freedom cannot be bestowed – it must be achieved.

True freedom means freeing oneself from the dictates of the ego and its accompanying emotions.

We can be unhappy about many things, but jy can still be there… It is important to become aware that at every moment of our life we have an opportunity to choose joy… It is in the choice that our true freedom lies, and that freedom is, in the final analysis, the freedom to love.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

True freedom requires taking responsibility for your own life. That frightens the hell out of too many people. They prefer to have Big Brother holding a safety net for them, and they’ll sell their own birthright and their children‘s as well to keep it.

The first step in freeing men from external chains was to emancipate them from the internal chains of false beliefs and ideals.

True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways.

Seek and find the freedom of the spirit, for where there is true freedom, there is peace, and where there is peace, there is love,and it is love that unlocks all doors.

I feel that true freedom lies within, where I shall never find it.

We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say “They told me to do it! It’s their fault, not mine.” The freedom, God help us, to say “I was only following orders.”-World War Z

Religion, art, and science flourish best in a free society. True, freedom does not afford much opportunity for grand gestures. It has little room for martyrs. But life is not supposed to be about dying well. It is about living well.

There will be no true freedom without virtue, no true science without religion, no true industry without the fear of God and love to your fellow citizens.

There is true freedom in letting go.

It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom.

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

True freedom comes about through confidence in liberating any and all thought states.

It is clear that the flame of True Freedom had passed with naval supremacy and constitutional, consultative government from the United Provinces to Great Britain, where it was regarded with quite as much national pride.

True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.