"Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself."
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"There are two kinds of freedom: one is the freedom from something, which is a reaction; and the other is not a reaction, it is "being free.""
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"Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it."
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"Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew."
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"The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money."
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"I suggest to my students that they write under a pseudonym for a week. That allows young men to write as women, and women as men. It allows them a lot of freedom they don't have ordinarily."
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"Freedom is indivisible, and either we are working for freedom or you are working for the sake of your self-interests and I am working for mine."
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"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."
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"Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?"
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"If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential."
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"Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness."
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"Men of ideas vanish when freedom vanishes."
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"General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked."
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"We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.' We must remember, my friends, that we have been given a wonderful cause. The cause of freedom! And you and I must be those who will walk with heads held high. We will say, 'We used methods that can stand the harsh scrutiny of history.'"
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"If you want to be free, be free, because there's a million things to be."
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"The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent."
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"We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied to its back. But release the impediment, and we are free to soar to unprecedented heights."
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"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others."
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"There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom."
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"Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom."
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