Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy 4^th of July!  In honor of the holiday, I thought I’d share some inspirational quotes about freedom and independence.  Hope you enjoy.  : -) 

"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just pursuits." Thomas Jerrerson

“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?” Mahatma Gandhi

"If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer."  Thich Nhat Hanh

“Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose."  Simone Weil

"On life's journey

Faith is nourishment,

Virtuous deeds are a shelter,

Wisdom is the light by day and

Right mindfulness is the protection by night.

If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him;

If he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom."  Buddha

"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul."  Moshe Dayan

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."  Albert Einstein

"This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith."  Lyndon B. Johnson

"For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?" Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You have freedom when you're easy in your harness."  Robert Frost

"Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."  Louis D. Brandeis

"As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery.

We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace.

The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as

anger and attachment, fear and suspicion,

while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility

are the sources of peace and happiness."  Dalai Lama

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."  Malcolm X

“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.”  Kahlil Gibran

"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free."  Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."  William Hazlitt

“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.”  Albert Camus

"There, I guess King George will be able to read that."  John Hancock

"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."  Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of all according to a universal law, it is the one sole original inborn right belonging to every man in virtue of his humanity."  Immanuel Kant