Becoming Independent Quotes

• Memories have ways of becoming independent of the reality they evoke. They can soften us against those we were deeply hurt by or they can make us resent those we once accepted and loved unconditionally.

  Azar Nafisi

  Hurt, Memories, Independent

  "Reading Lolita in Tehran". Book by Azar Nafisi, 2003.

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• Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings, of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home. He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.

  Rajneesh

  Independent, Home, Treasure

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• When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.

  Steve Pavlina

  Independent, Events, Becoming

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• Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Independent, Community

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• The person who helps you is the person who aids you in becoming independent and strong. Good teachers don't answer your questions, they ask you questions.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Strong, Independent

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• For me as a woman pride is not really sin, but rather something that I still have to learn. The male conception of the person who rebels against God by affirming himself, by acting proudly, arrogantly, and without constraints, is not a woman's concern. Rather, we women are in danger of not developing any pride, of never becoming independent, of constantly remaining within too narrow boundaries.

  Dorothee Solle

  Independent, Pride, Acting

  Dorothee Sölle (1990). “Thinking about God: an introduction to theology”, Trinity Pr Intl

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