Liberation Quotes

• The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Spiritual, Peace

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• Liberation is the path of transcendence. Manifestation is the path of immanence. Both lead to the same place: the divine.

  Anodea Judith

  Path, Divine, Transcendence

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• I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Struggle, Yesterday

  "President Nelson Mandela One-on-One". "The Larry King Live Show", transcripts.cnn.com. May 16, 2000.

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• The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.

  Marianne Williamson

  Moving, Compassion, Self

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Nov 17, 2013

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• There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Encouraging

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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  For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

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• Without community, there is no liberation...but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist.

  Audre Lorde

  Mean, Differences, Community

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• Let us live so we do not regret years of inertia and ignorance, so when we die we can say all of our energy was dedicated to the noble liberation of the human mind and spirit, beginning with my own.

  Maya Angelou

  Regret, Ignorance, Years

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• The liberation of language is rooted in the liberation of ourselves.

  Mary Daly

  Language, Rooted

  Mary Daly (2015). “Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation”, p.31, Beacon Press

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• Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive or active collaboration in the oppression of others, and from the deep recognition of our most expansive self-interest. From the recognition that, like it or not, our liberation is bound up with that of every other being on the planet, and that politically, spiritually, in our heart of hearts we know anything else is unaffordable.

  Aurora Levins Morales

  Integrity, Heart, Self

  Aurora Levins Morales (1998). “Medicine Stories: History, Culture, and the Politics of Integrity”, p.125, South End Press

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• The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads.

  H. L. Mencken

  Mind, Humans, Human Mind

  "Clinical Notes". The American Mercury (January 1924), p. 75; later quoted in H. L. Mencken "Prejudices: Fourth Series", 1924.

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

  Malcolm X

  Peace, Freedom, Inspiration

  Speech in New York City, January 7, 1965.

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• Liberation means you don't have to be silenced.

  Toni Morrison

  Mean, Justice, Diversity

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• There’s no path to liberation that doesn’t pass through the shadow.

  Jay Michaelson

  Shadow, Path

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• Whenever a human being ceases to live for themselves and begins to care about that which is greater than themselves, the personality begins to experience ecstasy, joy and spontaneous liberation. And that's found through doing, through action, through giving, through deeply embracing the human experience.

  Andrew Cohen

  God, Giving, Joy

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• The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating.

  Paulo Coelho

  Liberating

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 09, 2011

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• It is the prayer of my innermost being to realize my supreme identity in the liberated play of consciousness, the Vast Expanse. Now is the moment, Here is the place of Liberation.

  Alex Grey

  Prayer, Play, Identity

  Alex Grey (2008). “Art Psalms”, p.126, North Atlantic Books

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• If you live your life burning for the highest possibility, in that burning itself, there is liberation.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Live Your Life, Humanity

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• Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859

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• There is no liberation to compare with freeing oneself from the illusions and delusions of the age in which one lives.

  Terence McKenna

  Age, Illusion, Compare

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• What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.27, Penguin

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• Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.

  Paulo Freire

  Men, Reflection, Order

  Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.56, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• The highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of liberation, at which there is no more suffering.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Suffering, Stage

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.40, Penguin

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• It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!

  Anthony de Mello

  Spiritual, Heart, Delight

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “Heart of the Enlightened: A Book of Story Meditations”, p.7, Image

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• If you know how to keep yourself pleasant within, irrespective of what is happening around you, Ultimate Liberation cannot be denied to you.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Yoga, Meditation

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