Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I read more

Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.

Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.

Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.

Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.

Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.

One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.

One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to read more

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

A man is either free or he is not.

A man is either free or he is not.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.