Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid ... Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.