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

  Jay Michaelson

  Shadow, Path

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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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• 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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• 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 liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the next step of peace that we need to create.

  Vandana Shiva

  Humanity, Next Steps, Needs

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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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• Love is self-realization. Love is liberation. The only way beyond time, to unravel the knot of existence, is to love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Happiness, Buddhism, Love Is

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• We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Struggle, People, Use

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• Self-realization is liberation. Liberation is self-realization.

  Frederick Lenz

  Self, Realization, Hinduism

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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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• Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

  Max Lucado

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Doors

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• Nothing is more essential in the treatment of serious disease than the liberation of the patient from panic and foreboding.

  Norman Cousins

  Essentials, Disease, Panic

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• It just takes the faith of a little seed to make a way through what might to be impossibility, and the ability will match the occasion. The outcome will defy explanation. The liberation will not be televised when it arrives like lightning in the skies.

  Josh Garrels

  Faith, Inspiration, Sky

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