Freedom of Mind Quotes

Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything - you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.

Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.

See the world as if for the first time; see it through the eyes of a child, and you will suddenly find that you are free.

Our thoughts are free.

Every mind deserves to be free. When the mind is free, that's the end of suffering.

Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some - you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it.

The only free mind is one that, pure of all intimacy with beings or objects, plies its own vacuity.

The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.

Only when the mind is free has the body a chance to be free. Yes, they must believe, they must believe. Because I know what it means to be a slave. I am a slave.

If you're thinking clearly and are content about where your life is - to where you can just think about the present, think about the now - that's what you need to do to hit good golf shots. I know there are a lot of distractions, but when you're thinking clearly, you're more free. You've got to have that freedom on the golf course.

Knowledge cannot be stolen from us. It cannot be bought or sold. We may be poor, and the sheriff may come and sell our furniture, or drive away our cow, or take our pet lamb, and leave us homeless and penniless; but he cannot lay the law's hand upon the jewelry of our minds.

That mind which understands itself is the mind of a free man.

It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom.

The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

I was always free because I felt free. It's very important to be free inside. The most important thing is to feel free.

Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free.

I preach freedom of the mind through freedom of the body; women, for example - out of the prison of corsets.

It is likely to make us think we are not caged. We cannot feel the bars unless we push against them.